Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.12%, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 3.55% or 9.10 points to trade at 265.30 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 1.17% or 1.30 points to end at 112.65 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 1.15% or 0.72 points to 63.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 8.62% or 1.35 points to trade at 14.26 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 7.62% or 1.49 points to end at 18.11 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 6.92% or 0.74 points to 10.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 9.35% to 8.24, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 5.81% to settle at 11.30 and Quadient SA (PA:QDT) which gained 4.65% to close at 12.60.
The worst performers were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which was down 8.62% to 14.26 in late trade, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which lost 7.62% to settle at 18.11 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 6.92% to 10.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 366 to 221 and 76 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 15.25% to 32.05.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.04% or 17.90 to $1695.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 16.20% or 2.44 to hit $17.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.75% or 1.15 to trade at $25.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.0936, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 99.123.