Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the lost 0.09%, while the index fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Valeo SA (PA:), which rose 1.59% or 0.46 points to trade at 29.39 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:) added 1.54% or 0.230 points to end at 15.135 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) was up 1.11% or 1.67 points to 151.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo SA (PA:), which lost 2.05% or 2.09 points to trade at 99.86 in late trade. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:) declined 1.48% or 2.00 points to end at 133.30 and Capgemini SE (PA:) shed 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:) which rose 11.31% to 15.350, Vicat (PA:) which was up 3.80% to settle at 45.05 and GTT (PA:) which gained 2.04% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:) which was down 4.07% to 113.00 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:) which lost 3.46% to settle at 37.91 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:) which was down 3.41% to 368.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 254 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.66% to 13.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.15 to $1292.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.46 to trade at $69.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1215, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.907.
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