Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the CAC Oil & Gas, CAC Consumer Goods and CAC Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the CAC Utilities, CAC Health Care and CAC Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.32%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which rose 1.45% or 0.88 points to trade at 61.52 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) added 0.90% or 0.84 points to end at 94.00 and Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) was up 0.39% or 0.15 points to 38.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY), which fell 4.75% or 1.43 points to trade at 28.68 in late trade. Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) declined 4.09% or 0.51 points to end at 11.90 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) down 3.86% or 0.39 points to 9.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which rose 8.61% to 5.70, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was up 2.85% to settle at 10.64 and Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) which gained 1.50% to close at 18.63.
The worst performers were Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which was down 8.03% to 27.50 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which lost 6.68% to settle at 3.52 and La Francaise Des Jeux Sa (EPA:FDJ) which was down 6.36% to 34.44 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 344 to 158 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.75% or 1.43 to 28.68. Shares in Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.09% or 0.51 to 11.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.70 to $2,671.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.38% or 3.07 to hit $73.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 4.14% or 3.06 to trade at $76.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.79.