Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Leisure Goods and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 2.06% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 1.03% or 0.47 points to trade at 46.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) added 0.13% or 0.04 points to end at 27.70 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) was unchanged 0.01% or 0.00 points to 7.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which fell 4.67% or 3.68 points to trade at 75.18 at the close. Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) declined 4.00% or 0.127 points to end at 3.045 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) was down 3.95% or 0.815 points to 19.840.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) which rose 2.01% to 62.02, Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was up 1.03% to settle at 46.68 and Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which gained 0.33% to close at 18.16.
The worst performers were Natixis (PARIS:CNAT) which was down 5.28% to 5.884 in late trade, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which lost 5.12% to settle at 34.82 and Rubis (PARIS:RUBF) which was down 4.88% to 64.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 682 to 140 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.01% or 1.22 to 62.02.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.67% to 23.97 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was up 2.08% or 23.50 to $1151.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.29% or 0.12 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.24 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 95.98.