Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which rose 1.45% or 0.77 points to trade at 54.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.45% or 1.02 points to end at 71.15 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.14% or 0.72 points to 63.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 3.04% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.39 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 2.34% or 0.78 points to end at 32.60 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 2.21% or 0.203 points to 8.970.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 6.49% to 28.805, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 5.52% to settle at 43.50 and CGG (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.86% to close at 0.72.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 5.79% to 53.400 in late trade, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which lost 3.04% to settle at 13.39 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.88% to 3.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 337 to 267 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nexans (PA:NEXS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.52% or 2.27 to 43.50.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.57% to 24.31.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.85 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 0.96 to hit $44.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 0.71 to trade at $45.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.