Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.53% or 0.27 points to trade at 17.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 1.50% or 0.71 points to end at 48.47 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.45% or 0.85 points to 59.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.98% or 2.65 points to trade at 130.95 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 1.24% or 0.93 points to end at 74.32 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 1.23% or 0.99 points to 79.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.88% to 4.899, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 1.98% to settle at 11.85 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 1.53% to close at 17.55.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.68% to 39.225 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 3.80% to settle at 40.025 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 2.85% to 41.12 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 339 to 258 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.98% or 0.23 to 11.85.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.56% to 11.33.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.88 to $1278.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1658, while EUR/GBP rose 1.87% to 0.8936.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.63.