Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the General Retailers, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.72% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH), which fell 0.07% or 0.10 points to trade at 136.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) fell 0.21% or 0.04 points to end at 19.06 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.27% or 0.30 points to 111.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 5.55% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.49 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 4.31% or 1.64 points to end at 36.45 and Technip (PA:TECF) was down 3.67% or 1.53 points to 40.12.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable Pr (PA:NUME) which rose 1.36% to 37.505, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 0.67% to settle at 112.70 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 0.44% to close at 226.00.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 7.53% to 7.13 in late trade, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which lost 6.78% to settle at 19.40 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 6.04% to 62.490 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 645 to 107 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technip (PA:TECF) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.67% or 1.53 to 40.12. Shares in Vallourec (PA:VLLP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 7.53% or 0.58 to 7.13.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.68% to 28.54.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.45% or 15.80 to $1107.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.65% or 0.56 to hit $33.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.28 to trade at $33.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.0861, while EUR/GBP rose 1.17% to 0.7454.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 98.82.