Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.21%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which rose 1.17% or 2.30 points to trade at 199.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) added 1.10% or 2.20 points to end at 202.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.56% or 0.11 points to 19.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 6.65% or 2.82 points to trade at 39.48 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 3.57% or 0.90 points to end at 24.46 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 3.50% or 0.87 points to 23.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 6.67% to 1.04, Neoen SA (PA:NEOEN) which was up 3.04% to settle at 38.62 and Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which gained 1.75% to close at 11.05.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 6.65% to 39.48 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 5.28% to settle at 24.77 and Fnac Darty SA (PA:FNAC) which was down 4.36% to 46.56 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 362 to 217 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) rose to 3-years highs; up 0.56% or 0.11 to 19.64.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.56% or 10.90 to $1,944.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.16% or 4.49 to hit $103.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.52% or 3.92 to trade at $107.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 98.31.