Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.50% or 1.38 points to trade at 93.16 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 1.16% or 0.55 points to end at 48.00 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.00% or 0.210 points to 21.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 5.34% or 1.18 points to trade at 20.93 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 5.13% or 3.36 points to end at 62.16 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 4.70% or 1.11 points to 22.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which rose 3.52% to 32.33, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 3.49% to settle at 10.080 and Metropole Television SA (PA:MMTP) which gained 2.60% to close at 18.15.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 5.34% to 20.93 in late trade, Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) which lost 5.13% to settle at 62.16 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was down 4.70% to 22.63 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 354 to 230 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.00% or 0.210 to 21.270.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.55% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.99% or 12.75 to $1271.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.52% or 2.24 to hit $61.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.80% or 2.02 to trade at $70.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1179, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.553.