Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 2.01% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.90%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 1.07% or 1.24 points to trade at 117.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 0.08% or 0.04 points to end at 42.58 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was down 0.26% or 0.08 points to 30.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 4.74% or 0.81 points to trade at 16.29 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 3.71% or 2.02 points to end at 52.48 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 3.37% or 24.90 points to 712.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which rose 1.64% to 440.80, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 1.51% to settle at 101.00 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which gained 1.48% to close at 96.16.
The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was down 13.53% to 6.62 in late trade, Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which lost 5.72% to settle at 20.44 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 5.65% to 5.93 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 517 to 91 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) rose to all time highs; rising 0.08% or 0.04 to 42.58. Shares in Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) rose to all time highs; rising 1.64% or 7.10 to 440.80. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.51% or 1.50 to 101.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.31% or 5.55 to $1796.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.36 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1840, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.412.