Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.00% or 0.195 points to trade at 19.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.85% or 0.12 points to end at 14.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.83% or 2.55 points to 310.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which fell 2.32% or 1.14 points to trade at 47.83 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.97% or 0.305 points to end at 15.160 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 1.84% or 0.415 points to 22.080.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 2.69% to 9.28, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was up 1.27% to settle at 484.75 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 1.18% to close at 98.50.
The worst performers were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was down 2.32% to 47.83 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 2.05% to settle at 50.150 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 1.97% to 15.160 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 255 and 111 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.88% to 14.19.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 7.74 to $1290.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.53 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1743, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.54.