Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.13%, while the SBF 120 index declined 2.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 0.18% or 0.07 points to trade at 36.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) fell 0.67% or 0.44 points to end at 65.00 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.68% or 0.64 points to 93.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which fell 3.99% or 1.36 points to trade at 32.88 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 3.87% or 4.02 points to end at 99.98 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was down 3.77% or 0.201 points to 5.134.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which rose 3.02% to 9.833, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was up 1.71% to settle at 23.18 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 1.13% to close at 16.99.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 8.03% to 5.52 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 5.12% to settle at 20.02 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 4.76% to 3.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 489 to 162 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; down 3.77% or 0.201 to 5.134.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.98% to 23.02.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1221.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.85% or 0.34 to hit $39.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.15 to trade at $40.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.7885.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 96.13.