France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.31%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA: NOKIA ), which rose 4.62% or 0.230 points to trade at 5.204 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA: AIR ) added 1.23% or 0.91 points to end at 75.00 and Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) was up 1.13% or 1.35 points to 120.35 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which lost 5.83% or 1.74 points to trade at 28.05 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: ISPA ) declined 3.61% or 0.266 points to end at 7.099 and Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) shed 1.74% or 0.33 points to 18.59.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA: LTEN ) which rose 7.68% to 77.21, Ipsen (PA: IPN ) which was up 6.26% to settle at 106.15 and Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which gained 6.13% to close at 32.200.

The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA: ZODC ) which was down 6.52% to 20.86 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) which lost 5.83% to settle at 28.05 and Aperam (AS: APAM ) which was down 3.77% to 46.03 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 276 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.98% to 17.70.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.53 to $1266.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.79% or 0.89 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 0.92 to trade at $51.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.8426.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.04.