Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 4.95% or 31.30 points to trade at 663.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 4.83% or 0.83 points to end at 18.02 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.92% or 0.27 points to 14.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 2.91% or 1.34 points to trade at 44.65 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 2.89% or 0.81 points to end at 27.19 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 2.66% or 0.90 points to 32.99.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which rose 5.69% to 26.37, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 4.95% to settle at 663.90 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 4.83% to close at 18.02.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 7.86% to 7.795 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 7.63% to settle at 4.13 and Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 6.55% to 10.63 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 363 to 206 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.69% or 1.42 to 26.37.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.52% or 28.50 to $1900.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.54% or 2.38 to hit $91.28 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.38% or 2.26 to trade at $92.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8338.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.828.