Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Beverages, Gas Water and Leisure Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Gemalto (AMS:GTO), which rose 3.11% or 2.19 points to trade at 72.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor (PARIS:ACCP) added 1.53% or 0.76 points to end at 50.45 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 1.27% or 0.29 points to 23.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which fell 2.43% or 0.91 points to trade at 36.47 at the close. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) declined 1.67% or 0.31 points to end at 18.23 and Safran (PARIS:SAF) was down 1.40% or 0.95 points to 66.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which rose 7.18% to 38.59, Gemalto (AMS:GTO) which was up 3.11% to settle at 72.81 and BIC (PARIS:BICP) which gained 2.72% to close at 134.15.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which was down 3.67% to 8.381 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which lost 3.34% to settle at 8.625 and Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 3.31% to 10.530 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 481 to 438 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Accor (PARIS:ACCP) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.53% or 0.76 to 50.45. Shares in AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.27% or 0.29 to 23.11. Shares in Euronext (PARIS:ENX) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.18% or 2.58 to 38.59.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.64% to 18.14.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.16% or 1.80 to $1152.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 0.98% or 0.47 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.34 to trade at $57.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.0603, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.7134.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 99.39.