Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 4.09% or 1.42 points to trade at 36.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 3.52% or 2.35 points to end at 69.05 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.95% or 1.26 points to 65.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 5.78% or 0.935 points to trade at 15.230 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.22% or 0.191 points to end at 8.416 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.98% or 0.230 points to 11.390.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 6.67% to 82.66, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 4.25% to settle at 27.950 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 4.09% to close at 36.02.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 10.08% to 5.724 in late trade, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which lost 7.19% to settle at 29.51 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 6.95% to 3.670 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 354 to 257 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; up 3.52% or 2.35 to 69.05. Shares in Ipsen (PA:IPN) rose to all time highs; up 6.67% or 5.17 to 82.66. Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.95% or 0.274 to 3.670.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.71% to 15.36.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.41% or 17.35 to $1250.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.85 to hit $54.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.31% or 0.73 to trade at $56.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.99.