Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.31% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 6.37% or 6.95 points to trade at 116.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 1.24% or 1.28 points to end at 104.28 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.18% or 0.94 points to 80.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 2.07% or 9.10 points to trade at 430.10 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.02% or 0.51 points to end at 24.70 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 1.95% or 0.85 points to 42.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Safran SA (PA:SAF) which rose 6.37% to 116.05, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 3.48% to settle at 58.22 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 3.18% to close at 27.57.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 8.07% to 8.490 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 5.25% to settle at 24.200 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.64% to 1.069 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 363 to 193 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; rising 6.37% or 6.95 to 116.05. Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; rising 6.37% or 6.95 to 116.05.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.05% to 16.28.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.10 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.26% or 1.55 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.46 to trade at $75.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1614, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.10.