Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 4.39% or 0.625 points to trade at 14.850 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 1.70% or 2.54 points to end at 151.92 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.50% or 0.48 points to 32.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which fell 6.55% or 6.88 points to trade at 98.12 at the close. Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) declined 2.61% or 2.62 points to end at 97.78 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 2.60% or 1.15 points to 43.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which rose 4.39% to 14.850, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.16% to settle at 80.880 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 2.51% to close at 71.550.
The worst performers were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which was down 6.55% to 98.12 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 5.55% to settle at 14.05 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 4.37% to 12.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 303 to 254 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.55% or 6.88 to 98.12. Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.55% or 6.88 to 98.12.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.44% to 15.36 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.75 to $1308.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $59.90 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.72 to trade at $67.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1360, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.78% at 95.940.