Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.81%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which rose 0.39% or 0.40 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 74.90 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.09% or 0.15 points to 161.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 5.67% or 0.825 points to trade at 13.730 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 4.47% or 0.92 points to end at 19.65 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 4.45% or 0.652 points to 14.010.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.13% to 7.966, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 1.23% to settle at 13.22 and Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which gained 0.54% to close at 27.700.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.50% to 1.449 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 6.40% to settle at 27.94 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 5.67% to 13.730 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 457 to 89 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.45% or 0.652 to 14.010.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.88% to 17.38.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.88% or 11.25 to $1285.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.99% or 3.68 to hit $57.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 5.23% or 3.71 to trade at $67.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1182, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 97.697.