Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.45%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.65% or 0.083 points to trade at 5.115 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.62% or 0.23 points to end at 14.39 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 0.88% or 0.17 points to 19.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 2.97% or 1.08 points to trade at 35.39 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 2.28% or 3.40 points to end at 145.70 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 2.28% or 1.18 points to 50.49.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which rose 1.65% to 5.115, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was up 1.62% to settle at 14.39 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 1.58% to close at 33.03.
The worst performers were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 8.71% to 2.830 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 7.69% to settle at 0.6000 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 5.73% to 22.395 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 550 to 137 and 75 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.65% to 34.42.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.41% or 18.15 to $1306.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.02% or 1.45 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.94% or 1.44 to trade at $47.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1190, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.7903.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 95.08.