Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, General Retailers and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.46%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY), which rose 1.07% or 0.37 points to trade at 35.02 at the close. Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) fell 0.05% or 0.03 points to end at 58.96 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) was down 0.10% or 0.020 points to 20.055 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which lost 4.04% or 0.27 points to trade at 6.37 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PARIS:CARR) declined 3.25% or 0.93 points to end at 27.65 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) shed 3.09% or 1.44 points to 45.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which rose 1.67% to 15.25, Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was up 1.27% to settle at 318.60 and Metropole TV (PARIS:MMTP) which gained 1.22% to close at 17.39.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) which was down 6.23% to 51.36 in late trade, Edenred (PARIS:EDEN) which lost 4.75% to settle at 16.86 and Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was down 4.45% to 29.12 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 492 to 216 and 55 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.20% to 30.26.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.76% or 8.40 to $1110.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.60% or 1.15 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.52% or 0.72 to trade at $48.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1263, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.7295.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.59.