Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.55%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 1.59% or 0.67 points to trade at 42.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.52% or 0.27 points to end at 18.00 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.21% or 0.45 points to 211.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 1.47% or 1.29 points to trade at 86.54 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.41% or 3.55 points to end at 247.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.21% or 0.32 points to 26.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.49% to 98.48, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was up 1.78% to settle at 36.585 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 1.60% to close at 49.72.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.38% to 13.12 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 1.62% to settle at 50.47 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was down 1.47% to 86.54 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 337 to 267 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.49% or 3.32 to 98.48.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.27% to 12.19.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 5.20 to $1296.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $65.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1953, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.30.