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 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.31% or 0.31 points to trade at 24.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.26% or 1.04 points to end at 83.72 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 1.04% or 0.26 points to 25.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which fell 4.17% or 6.95 points to trade at 159.65 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 2.03% or 0.395 points to end at 19.025 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.75% or 0.37 points to 20.72.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which rose 3.89% to 96.10, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 3.77% to settle at 124.00 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 3.76% to close at 91.58.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 6.52% to 42.02 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which lost 4.17% to settle at 159.65 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.27% to 425.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 285 to 258 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.77% or 4.50 to 124.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.51% to 14.36.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.60 to $1498.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.30 to trade at $59.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1127, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 97.322.