Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.47%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.13% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.27% or 1.35 points to end at 108.05 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) was up 1.03% or 0.195 points to 19.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 1.52% or 0.34 points to trade at 22.36 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.36% or 0.58 points to end at 42.31 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 1.34% or 0.65 points to 47.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which rose 4.99% to 22.10, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 4.55% to settle at 13.34 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 4.18% to close at 51.27.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 5.90% to 14.350 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which lost 3.15% to settle at 4.920 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.03% to 64.430 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 304 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.99% or 1.05 to 22.10. Shares in Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.15% or 0.160 to 4.920.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.37% to 12.02.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.87 to $1272.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.24 to trade at $62.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1888, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.05.