Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 6.92% or 0.33 points to trade at 5.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.91% or 0.41 points to end at 14.49 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.01% or 0.88 points to 44.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which fell 4.60% or 2.69 points to trade at 55.77 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 2.00% or 1.95 points to end at 95.58 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.46% or 0.92 points to 62.31.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 17.07% to 26.34, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was up 6.92% to settle at 5.11 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 4.59% to close at 4.63.
The worst performers were Airbus Group (PA:AIR) which was down 4.60% to 55.77 in late trade, SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which lost 3.00% to settle at 30.07 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.03% to 10.610 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 355 to 311 and 112 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.51% to 19.84.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.18% or 14.75 to $1265.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.37 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.45 to trade at $47.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1332, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.7764.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 93.88.