Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 5.51% or 1.89 points to trade at 36.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 2.12% or 1.23 points to end at 59.25 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.96% or 0.26 points to 13.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 6.34% or 1.225 points to trade at 18.090 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 2.30% or 2.35 points to end at 100.00 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.82% or 1.18 points to 63.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 6.63% to 18.490, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 6.08% to settle at 5.760 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 5.51% to close at 36.07.
The worst performers were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 6.34% to 18.090 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 4.03% to settle at 29.030 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 2.55% to 22.530 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 393 to 280 and 110 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.44% to 23.00 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.65 to $1303.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.76% or 0.80 to hit $44.54 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.62 to trade at $46.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP fell 1.19% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.22.