Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 1.73% or 1.16 points to trade at 68.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.25% or 0.59 points to end at 48.19 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.17% or 0.88 points to 76.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 5.10% or 0.242 points to trade at 4.503 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.56% or 0.47 points to end at 17.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 2.39% or 0.175 points to 7.134.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 8.26% to 16.84, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 1.87% to settle at 128.00 and Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which gained 1.85% to close at 95.74.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 5.10% to 4.503 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.54% to settle at 13.8900 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.56% to 17.86 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 310 to 256 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.59% to 14.62.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.24% or 2.70 to $1130.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.07% or 0.56 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.63 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0445, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 103.00.