Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 2.45% or 2.24 points to trade at 93.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.74% or 0.23 points to end at 13.46 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.50% or 1.10 points to 74.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 3.50% or 14.70 points to trade at 405.40 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 2.45% or 0.68 points to end at 27.09 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 2.18% or 2.35 points to 105.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 10.61% to 21.480, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 6.48% to settle at 14.130 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 6.18% to close at 33.680.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 6.59% to 12.61 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 5.70% to settle at 35.09 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.75% to 9.038 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 329 to 249 and 85 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.28% to 17.96 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.70 to $1289.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.09 to trade at $61.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1508, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.9023.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.060.