Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.52% or 0.47 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.78% or 1.31 points to end at 75.02 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.78% or 0.36 points to 47.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 6.41% or 3.60 points to trade at 52.60 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.39% or 3.30 points to end at 135.00 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 2.28% or 0.39 points to 16.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 2.52% to 19.30, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.52% to settle at 10.98 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which gained 1.78% to close at 75.02.
The worst performers were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 6.41% to 52.60 in late trade, Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which lost 5.41% to settle at 29.19 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.71% to 368.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 238 and 114 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.96% to 15.29.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 9.85 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $60.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1294, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.817.