Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.70% or 0.45 points to trade at 16.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) added 1.58% or 1.41 points to end at 90.37 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.11% or 0.90 points to 82.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 4.91% or 0.447 points to trade at 8.654 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 4.85% or 0.21 points to end at 4.14 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was down 1.91% or 0.089 points to 4.561.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 7.25% to 54.72, Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which was up 5.19% to settle at 22.27 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.73% to close at 27.800.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 7.32% to 53.05 in late trade, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which lost 4.91% to settle at 8.654 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 4.85% to 4.14 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 372 to 265 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; falling 1.91% or 0.089 to 4.561.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.26% to 21.94.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.30% or 3.85 to $1271.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.39 to trade at $47.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1382, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7874.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 94.07.