Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.78%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.71% or 0.29 points to trade at 17.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.38% or 1.55 points to end at 113.70 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.39% or 1.50 points to 388.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 2.65% or 3.55 points to trade at 130.20 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 2.03% or 1.78 points to end at 85.83 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 1.76% or 0.40 points to 22.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 2.76% to 39.045, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 2.69% to settle at 3.240 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.85% to close at 36.415.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 6.37% to 48.54 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 4.77% to settle at 10.47 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.60% to 4.455 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 245 and 97 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.46% to 10.73.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 8.00 to $1256.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.40 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1782, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.62.