Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 0.97% or 1.05 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.82% or 0.44 points to end at 54.17 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.63% or 1.30 points to 207.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 3.21% or 0.78 points to trade at 23.49 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 2.25% or 2.35 points to end at 102.30 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.82% or 1.33 points to 71.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 3.88% to 16.050, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 2.81% to settle at 94.300 and Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which gained 1.92% to close at 478.40.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 6.37% to 2.352 in late trade, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which lost 3.21% to settle at 23.49 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.31% to 76.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 274 to 268 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; rising 0.97% or 1.05 to 109.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.76% to 12.95.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.72% or 8.70 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1555, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.9016.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 95.45.