Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 0.85% or 0.56 points to trade at 66.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) added 0.62% or 0.70 points to end at 113.25 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) was up 0.58% or 0.021 points to 3.659 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo (PARIS:VLOF), which fell 2.57% or 3.95 points to trade at 149.90 at the close. Michelin (PARIS:MICP) declined 2.45% or 2.51 points to end at 99.89 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was down 2.10% or 0.21 points to 10.01.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which rose 4.01% to 15.310, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was up 3.59% to settle at 7.851 and JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) which gained 2.26% to close at 37.53.
The worst performers were Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was down 3.49% to 0.830 in late trade, Virbac (PARIS:VIRB) which lost 2.98% to settle at 218.00 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) which was down 2.57% to 149.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 573 to 325 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.26% or 0.83 to 37.53.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.00% to 20.83.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1187.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $56.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $62.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0916, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.7140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.38.