Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Gas & Water and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which rose 1.90% or 0.66 points to trade at 35.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi (PARIS:VIV) added 1.84% or 0.43 points to end at 23.83 and Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) was up 1.60% or 1.30 points to 82.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 2.20% or 1.30 points to trade at 57.70 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 1.62% or 0.15 points to end at 9.33 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) was down 1.41% or 0.049 points to 3.437.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 4.46% to 0.445, Saft (PARIS:S1A) which was up 4.45% to settle at 40.12 and Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which gained 3.36% to close at 51.020.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 5.77% to 18.78 in late trade, Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which lost 2.43% to settle at 39.81 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was down 2.20% to 57.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 486 to 386 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saft (PARIS:S1A) rose to all time highs; up 4.45% or 1.71 to 40.12.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.49% to 24.43.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1172.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.01% or 0.61 to hit $59.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.55 to trade at $62.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.43.