Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.66%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.94% or 0.28 points to trade at 14.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 0.60% or 0.09 points to end at 14.18 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 0.51% or 0.68 points to 133.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 11.61% or 1.410 points to trade at 10.735 at the close. Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) declined 6.39% or 6.57 points to end at 96.28 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 5.49% or 22.10 points to 380.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 13.61% to 13.940, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 3.36% to settle at 24.60 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 3.33% to close at 35.70.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 11.61% to 10.735 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 7.34% to settle at 0.871 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 6.55% to 49.620 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 215 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.61% or 1.410 to 10.735. Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.61% or 1.410 to 10.735.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.24% to 22.42.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.65% or 8.30 to $1292.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.60% or 0.28 to hit $46.82 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.53 to trade at $55.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 95.830.