Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 5.83% or 7.65 points to trade at 138.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 3.15% or 1.84 points to end at 60.34 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 2.93% or 2.26 points to 79.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 6.19% or 1.67 points to trade at 25.33 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 5.21% or 1.40 points to end at 25.45 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 4.95% or 1.02 points to 19.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which rose 12.57% to 17.11, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which was up 5.83% to settle at 138.95 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 4.28% to close at 13.65.
The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 6.19% to 25.33 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 6.12% to settle at 10.59 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 6.02% to 187.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 276 and 69 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.05% to 42.73.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.58% or 10.05 to $1730.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.06% or 0.21 to hit $19.66 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 0.42 to trade at $27.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.0832, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.77% at 100.248.