Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.59%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 0.87% or 0.53 points to trade at 61.48 at the close. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) added 0.84% or 0.95 points to end at 113.55 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.62% or 0.23 points to 37.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 2.56% or 1.15 points to trade at 43.51 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.96% or 0.62 points to end at 31.02 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.69% or 0.205 points to 11.905.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which rose 2.91% to 116.80, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 1.91% to settle at 95.80 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 1.60% to close at 94.49.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.25% to 82.98 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.14% to settle at 7.280 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.05% to 6.140 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 408 to 192 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.67% to 26.38 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 8.75 to $1286.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0625, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.39.