Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.06%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 3.78% or 2.50 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 3.14% or 0.167 points to end at 5.478 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.43% or 0.315 points to 22.365 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 3.21% or 1.32 points to trade at 40.01 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 3.19% or 2.38 points to end at 72.27 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 1.67% or 0.320 points to 18.805.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 9.56% to 53.510, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 6.98% to settle at 30.89 and Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which gained 6.10% to close at 1274.90.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 16.74% to 3.194 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 9.61% to settle at 22.25 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 6.96% to 30.53 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 310 to 278 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to 3-years lows; falling 16.74% or 0.642 to 3.194.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.25% to 12.59.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.78 to $1257.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.58 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.