France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.47%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.47%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which rose 2.13% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.92 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA: ESSI ) added 1.27% or 1.35 points to end at 108.05 and STMicroelectronics (PA: STM ) was up 1.03% or 0.195 points to 19.040 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ), which lost 1.52% or 0.34 points to trade at 22.36 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA: SOGN ) declined 1.36% or 0.58 points to end at 42.31 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA: SGOB ) shed 1.34% or 0.65 points to 47.87.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Metropole TV (PA: MMTP ) which rose 4.99% to 22.10, ALD SA (PA: ALDA ) which was up 4.55% to settle at 13.34 and Euronext (PA: ENX ) which gained 4.18% to close at 51.27.

The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA: ALTT ) which was down 5.90% to 14.350 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PA: IPH ) which lost 3.15% to settle at 4.920 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which was down 3.03% to 64.430 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 304 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.37% to 12.02.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.87 to $1272.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.24 to trade at $62.29 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1889, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8815.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.05.