Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.70%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 2.15% or 5.00 points to trade at 237.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) added 1.29% or 0.49 points to end at 38.58 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 0.96% or 0.44 points to 46.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 6.53% or 1.66 points to trade at 23.68 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 4.82% or 4.02 points to end at 79.38 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 4.45% or 1.74 points to 37.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 4.25% to 72.60, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 3.65% to settle at 222.85 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which gained 2.58% to close at 64.87.
The worst performers were Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which was down 13.27% to 22.70 in late trade, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which lost 6.53% to settle at 23.68 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 5.01% to 87.94 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 426 to 228 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.27% or 3.48 to 22.70. Shares in Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.01% or 4.64 to 87.94.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.30% to 26.02.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.03% or 12.90 to $1270.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.56 to hit $37.73 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.48% or 1.02 to trade at $40.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.73% to 1.1190, while EUR/GBP rose 0.89% to 0.7821.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.14% at 96.08.