France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.75%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare , Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.75%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.77%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA: PRTP ), which rose 1.31% or 5.00 points to trade at 388.00 at the close. Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) added 1.28% or 0.33 points to end at 26.03 and Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) was up 0.46% or 0.32 points to 70.48 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which lost 2.37% or 0.500 points to trade at 20.580 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ) declined 2.00% or 0.375 points to end at 18.410 and Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) shed 2.00% or 0.43 points to 21.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which rose 3.53% to 19.94, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA: GETP ) which was up 2.29% to settle at 11.180 and Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which gained 1.68% to close at 20.020.

The worst performers were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which was down 6.48% to 0.938 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA: DBV ) which lost 3.07% to settle at 26.500 and Electricite de France SA (PA: EDF ) which was down 3.07% to 14.05 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 365 to 208 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.38% to 19.40.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1227.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.39% or 0.76 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.81 to trade at $62.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8853.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.390.