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 fell 0.38%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which rose 1.93% or 2.25 points to trade at 118.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 0.48% or 0.110 points to end at 22.800 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.32% or 0.24 points to 75.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.60% or 0.392 points to trade at 14.702 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 1.96% or 2.70 points to end at 135.40 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.60% or 0.175 points to 10.790.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 4.28% to 76.520, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 3.05% to settle at 8.960 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which gained 2.25% to close at 113.50.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.28% to 92.450 in late trade, Bureau Veritas SA (PA:BVI) which lost 3.32% to settle at 21.29 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 3.31% to 12.86 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 383 to 182 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 0.48% or 0.110 to 22.800.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.71% to 14.44 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 4.05 to $1427.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.80% or 1.59 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.75% or 1.75 to trade at $61.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1224, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.830.