Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.70%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 1.29% or 0.82 points to trade at 64.36 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.11% or 0.240 points to end at 21.770 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.91% or 0.45 points to 50.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 5.24% or 1.09 points to trade at 19.79 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 3.53% or 0.92 points to end at 25.15 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 2.72% or 0.34 points to 12.16.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 3.00% to 25.04, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 2.44% to settle at 8.20 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 1.75% to close at 3.848.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 5.72% to 20.100 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 5.32% to settle at 10.940 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 5.24% to 19.79 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 395 to 178 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.72% or 1.220 to 20.100.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.70% to 21.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.15% or 13.80 to $1213.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.35 to hit $56.60 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.66 to trade at $66.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP rose 1.83% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.96.