Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 4.39% or 1.64 points to trade at 39.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.80% or 0.21 points to end at 26.37 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.63% or 0.65 points to 104.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 4.33% or 8.25 points to trade at 182.15 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 2.06% or 2.85 points to end at 135.60 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was down 1.54% or 0.22 points to 14.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which rose 4.39% to 39.00, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 4.36% to settle at 2.440 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 2.27% to close at 153.00.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 7.07% to 8.568 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 7.07% to settle at 112.35 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.15% to 77.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 343 to 221 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iliad (PA:ILD) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.07% or 8.55 to 112.35. Shares in Ipsen (PA:IPN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.27% or 3.40 to 153.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.05% to 13.55.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.20 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.35 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.74.