Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 1.49% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.73% or 0.62 points to end at 85.48 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.65% or 0.09 points to 13.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.85% or 0.530 points to trade at 18.045 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.46% or 1.85 points to end at 73.28 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 1.84% or 1.70 points to 90.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 2.32% to 12.350, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was up 1.49% to settle at 20.14 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 1.24% to close at 31.820.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 6.58% to 51.940 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 3.27% to settle at 38.43 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 3.19% to 40.08 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 401 to 203 and 86 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.12% to 14.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.54% or 19.69 to $1256.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.49% or 0.22 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $46.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.1145, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 97.48.