Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.75% or 2.36 points to trade at 88.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.29% or 3.75 points to end at 294.25 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 1.03% or 0.63 points to 61.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 2.16% or 1.67 points to trade at 75.82 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.92% or 0.36 points to end at 18.39 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.67% or 0.49 points to 29.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 9.13% to 32.98, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was up 2.75% to settle at 88.11 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.48% to close at 11.70.
The worst performers were Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 4.61% to 44.06 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 3.49% to settle at 20.76 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 3.07% to 11.360 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 366 to 256 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kering SA (PA:PRTP) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.29% or 3.75 to 294.25. Shares in Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.48% or 0.17 to 11.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.56% to 14.37.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.35 to $1223.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.57 to trade at $50.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8443.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.53.