France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA: MICP ), which rose 3.64% or 3.60 points to trade at 102.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) added 2.20% or 0.335 points to end at 15.590 and Renault SA (PA: RENA ) was up 1.67% or 1.18 points to 71.68 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which lost 3.20% or 0.84 points to trade at 25.40 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) declined 2.67% or 1.38 points to end at 50.26 and Hermes International SCA (PA: HRMS ) shed 2.16% or 12.00 points to 542.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA: KORI ) which rose 9.48% to 33.020, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which was up 4.96% to settle at 9.105 and Nexans (PA: NEXS ) which gained 3.86% to close at 25.55.

The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA: RUBF ) which was down 10.58% to 45.20 in late trade, Rexel (PA: RXL ) which lost 3.95% to settle at 12.76 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA: ADP ) which was down 3.51% to 187.00 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 326 to 233 and 109 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.60% to 13.48.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.10 to $1208.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.26% or 1.59 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.35 to trade at $78.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8909.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.60.