France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.31%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.23%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ), which rose 1.69% or 0.335 points to trade at 20.200 at the close. Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) added 1.48% or 7.10 points to end at 487.10 and Danone SA (PA: DANO ) was up 1.23% or 0.81 points to 66.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (PA: CAGR ), which lost 2.37% or 0.310 points to trade at 12.785 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA: BOUY ) declined 2.11% or 0.88 points to end at 40.89 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) shed 2.08% or 1.20 points to 56.62.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group SA (PA: LOCAL ) which rose 6.48% to 1.060, Euronext (PA: ENX ) which was up 5.43% to settle at 54.40 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which gained 3.47% to close at 89.500.

The worst performers were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which was down 7.22% to 1.477 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS: APAM ) which lost 3.02% to settle at 40.15 and Nexity (PA: NEXI ) which was down 3.00% to 49.08 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 234 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.53% to 14.14.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.13% or 14.60 to $1304.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.13% or 0.81 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.60 to trade at $79.20 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1732, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.68.