Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, General Retailers and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.46%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY), which rose 1.07% or 0.37 points to trade at 35.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) fell 0.05% or 0.03 points to end at 58.96 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) was down 0.10% or 0.020 points to 20.055 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which fell 4.04% or 0.27 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. Carrefour SA (PARIS:CARR) declined 3.25% or 0.93 points to end at 27.65 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was down 3.09% or 1.44 points to 45.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which rose 1.67% to 15.25, Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was up 1.27% to settle at 318.60 and Metropole TV (PARIS:MMTP) which gained 1.22% to close at 17.39.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) which was down 6.23% to 51.36 in late trade, Edenred (PARIS:EDEN) which lost 4.75% to settle at 16.86 and Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was down 4.45% to 29.12 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 492 to 216 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.04% or 0.27 to 6.37. Shares in Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.23% or 3.41 to 51.36. Shares in Edenred (PARIS:EDEN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.75% or 0.84 to 16.86.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.20% to 30.26.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.75% or 8.30 to $1110.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.67% or 1.18 to hit $45.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.61% or 0.77 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1262, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.7295.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.60.