Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.99% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which rose 0.56% or 12.00 points to trade at 2,168.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP) fell 0.34% or 0.13 points to end at 38.24 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.40% or 0.24 points to 59.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (EPA:AXAF), which fell 4.03% or 1.30 points to trade at 30.95 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) declined 3.97% or 2.20 points to end at 53.18 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) was down 3.88% or 1.69 points to 41.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bollore SA (EPA:BOLL) which rose 1.02% to 5.94, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which was up 0.56% to settle at 2,168.00 and SEB SA (EPA:SEBF) which lost 0.09% to close at 109.00.
The worst performers were Trigano SA (EPA:TRIA) which was down 9.49% to 124.90 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which lost 9.48% to settle at 2.98 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was down 9.23% to 0.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 436 to 85 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.88% or 1.69 to 41.89.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.79% or 42.10 to $2,312.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $78.35 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $82.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 104.72.