Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which rose 2.60% or 5.85 points to trade at 231.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) added 0.08% or 0.04 points to end at 42.45 and Sanofi (PARIS:SASY) was up 0.03% or 0.03 points to 91.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 3.55% or 2.18 points to trade at 59.15 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) declined 3.07% or 2.20 points to end at 69.53 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was down 2.96% or 0.30 points to 10.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which rose 3.71% to 9.895, Saft (PARIS:S1A) which was up 3.30% to settle at 38.48 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) which gained 2.60% to close at 231.05.
The worst performers were Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was down 3.79% to 68.460 in late trade, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which lost 3.64% to settle at 6.10 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was down 3.55% to 59.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 631 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saft (PARIS:S1A) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.30% or 1.23 to 38.48.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.96% to 23.75.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.84% or 10.00 to $1174.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.67% or 1.59 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.74% or 1.75 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7343.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.26.