Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 3.10% or 2.36 points to trade at 78.47 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 0.94% or 0.68 points to end at 73.10 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 0.92% or 2.10 points to 229.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 5.30% or 1.50 points to trade at 26.80 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.97% or 0.395 points to end at 19.615 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 1.33% or 0.24 points to 18.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Safran SA (PA:SAF) which rose 3.10% to 78.47, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.90% to settle at 47.850 and Euler Hermes (PA:ELER) which gained 2.48% to close at 98.32.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 5.30% to 26.80 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.35% to settle at 5.913 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 2.01% to 43.37 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 353 to 246 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.15% to 13.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.46 to $1255.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.68% or 1.89 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 1.83 to trade at $52.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1219, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.04.