Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.66% or 0.595 points to trade at 22.940 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 1.25% or 0.62 points to end at 50.06 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 1.24% or 2.30 points to 187.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which fell 1.88% or 1.95 points to trade at 101.50 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.13% or 0.76 points to end at 66.61 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 0.92% or 0.21 points to 22.51.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 2.66% to 22.940, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 2.56% to settle at 15.435 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.31% to close at 23.010.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 3.01% to 32.99 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 2.33% to settle at 49.31 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.13% to 22.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 300 to 297 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gemalto (AS:GTO) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.01% or 1.02 to 32.99.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.08% to 10.86.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 6.55 to $1295.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.11% or 0.57 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.52 to trade at $56.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1842, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.90.