Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.59% or 0.46 points to trade at 29.39 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.54% or 0.230 points to end at 15.135 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.11% or 1.67 points to 151.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which fell 2.05% or 2.09 points to trade at 99.86 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 1.48% or 2.00 points to end at 133.30 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was down 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 11.31% to 15.350, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was up 3.80% to settle at 45.05 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.04% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 4.07% to 113.00 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 3.46% to settle at 37.91 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.41% to 368.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 254 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to all time highs; up 2.04% or 1.80 to 90.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.66% to 13.47.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.25% or 3.25 to $1292.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $62.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.48 to trade at $69.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1217, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.907.