Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Transportation, Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 3.14% or 0.47 points to trade at 15.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) added 2.85% or 2.32 points to end at 83.85 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 2.12% or 1.25 points to 60.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP), which fell 2.75% or 2.00 points to trade at 70.81 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 2.56% or 0.24 points to end at 9.20 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) was down 1.87% or 0.066 points to 3.462.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which rose 3.14% to 15.44, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was up 3.09% to settle at 11.03 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) which gained 2.85% to close at 83.85.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 14.12% to 8.880 in late trade, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which lost 6.25% to settle at 7.03 and Havas (PARIS:HAVA) which was down 4.73% to 6.850 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 705 to 198 and 45 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.38% to 18.19.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.65% or 7.80 to $1204.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.47% or 2.20 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 5.05% or 2.85 to trade at $59.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.0883, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7328.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 97.58.