Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.86% or 0.12 points to trade at 13.44 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 0.81% or 1.70 points to end at 211.80 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.37% or 0.40 points to 108.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 8.78% or 5.12 points to trade at 53.18 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.00% or 0.795 points to end at 25.690 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was down 2.22% or 1.42 points to 62.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 7.44% to 144.45, Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was up 2.81% to settle at 49.08 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.67% to close at 15.40.
The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 8.78% to 53.18 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 4.33% to settle at 30.940 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.15% to 107.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 350 to 211 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.11% to 12.05.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.90% or 11.10 to $1216.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $67.92 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.40 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1607, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8937.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 95.24.