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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN), which rose 2.38% or 1.14 points to trade at 48.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) added 2.07% or 1.84 points to end at 90.56 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) was up 1.90% or 0.36 points to 19.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which fell 5.06% or 4.70 points to trade at 88.18 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) declined 2.75% or 4.68 points to end at 165.50 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was down 1.76% or 42.00 points to 2,340.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which rose 8.19% to 3.33, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was up 6.62% to settle at 1.64 and Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which gained 6.36% to close at 48.84.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 18.22% to 2.85 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) which lost 5.06% to settle at 88.18 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was down 4.12% to 9.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 258 to 230 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.90% or 0.36 to 19.30.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.99% or 33.80 to $3,365.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.88% or 0.55 to hit $63.40 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.54 to trade at $65.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.76.