France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.28%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities , Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.41%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ), which rose 8.99% or 1.62 points to trade at 19.70 at the close. Legrand SA (PA: LEGD ) added 4.48% or 2.31 points to end at 53.88 and AXA SA (PA: AXAF ) was up 4.32% or 0.92 points to 22.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA: ENGIE ), which lost 7.65% or 0.97 points to trade at 11.78 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA: SGEF ) declined 4.66% or 2.99 points to end at 61.23 and Carrefour SA (PA: CARR ) shed 4.64% or 1.09 points to 22.48.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA: IPH ) which rose 12.12% to 12.860, Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) which was up 8.99% to settle at 19.70 and Euronext (PA: ENX ) which gained 7.86% to close at 35.94.

The worst performers were Rubis (PA: RUBF ) which was down 7.87% to 74.60 in late trade, Engie SA (PA: ENGIE ) which lost 7.65% to settle at 11.78 and Eiffage (PA: FOUG ) which was down 7.11% to 61.70 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 375 to 318 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.69% to 20.11.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.35 to $1267.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.35% or 0.61 to hit $44.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.51 to trade at $45.85 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0885, while EUR/GBP fell 1.30% to 0.8680.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.82.