Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the CAC Industrials, CAC Financials and CAC Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the CAC Utilities, CAC Oil & Gas and CAC Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.99% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which rose 0.56% or 12.00 points to trade at 2,168.00 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP) fell 0.34% or 0.13 points to end at 38.24 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.40% or 0.24 points to 59.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA SA (EPA:AXAF), which fell 4.03% or 1.30 points to trade at 30.95 in late trade. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) declined 3.97% or 2.20 points to end at 53.18 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) down 3.88% or 1.69 points to 41.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bollore SA (EPA:BOLL) which rose 1.02% to 5.94, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which was up 0.56% to settle at 2,168.00 and SEB SA (EPA:SEBF) which lost 0.09% to close at 109.00.
The worst performers were Trigano SA (EPA:TRIA) which was down 9.49% to 124.90 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which lost 9.48% to settle at 2.98 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was down 9.23% to 0.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 436 to 85 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.88% or 1.69 to 41.89.
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 August delivery was down 1.73% or 40.75 to $2,314.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $82.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 104.73.