Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 0.54% or 0.46 points to trade at 85.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 121.30 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.17% or 0.11 points to 63.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 3.59% or 0.695 points to trade at 18.690 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.81% or 0.59 points to end at 20.37 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.43% or 0.510 points to 20.500.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 5.26% to 11.80, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 4.27% to settle at 15.89 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 3.04% to close at 55.90.
The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 4.44% to 14.43 in late trade, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which lost 3.63% to settle at 66.30 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 3.59% to 18.690 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 422 to 164 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Imerys (PA:IMTP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.63% or 2.50 to 66.30. Shares in Nexity (PA:NEXI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.04% or 1.65 to 55.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 15.91% to 15.12.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1270.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $65.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.07 to trade at $73.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1598, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8759.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.59.