Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.62% or 0.230 points to trade at 5.204 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 1.23% or 0.91 points to end at 75.00 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.13% or 1.35 points to 120.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 5.83% or 1.74 points to trade at 28.05 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 3.61% or 0.266 points to end at 7.099 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 1.74% or 0.33 points to 18.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 7.68% to 77.21, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 6.26% to settle at 106.15 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 6.13% to close at 32.200.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 6.52% to 20.86 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 5.83% to settle at 28.05 and Aperam (AS:APAM) which was down 3.77% to 46.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 329 to 276 and 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; up 1.23% or 0.91 to 75.00. Shares in Atos SE (PA:ATOS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.13% or 1.35 to 120.35. Shares in Alten (PA:LTEN) rose to all time highs; up 7.68% or 5.51 to 77.21. Shares in Ipsen (PA:IPN) rose to all time highs; up 6.26% or 6.25 to 106.15.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.98% to 17.70.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.62 to $1266.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.71% or 0.85 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.88 to trade at $51.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.04.