Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 2.09% or 3.22 points to trade at 157.44 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.03% or 0.80 points to end at 39.90 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was up 1.72% or 2.00 points to 118.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 2.88% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.97 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) declined 2.73% or 2.47 points to end at 88.05 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 2.34% or 1.33 points to 55.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 2.59% to 170.50, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 2.09% to settle at 157.44 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which gained 2.05% to close at 134.20.
The worst performers were Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which was down 9.14% to 338.00 in late trade, Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which lost 6.61% to settle at 128.50 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 5.03% to 3.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 211 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thales (PA:TCFP) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.72% or 2.00 to 118.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.45% or 28.10 to $1,965.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.37% or 1.57 to hit $113.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 1.57 to trade at $120.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.86.