France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.55% or 0.59 points to trade at 17.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.22% or 1.14 points to end at 94.70 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 1.02% or 1.20 points to 119.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 3.05% or 0.74 points to trade at 23.55 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.81% or 0.364 points to end at 19.796 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 1.66% or 0.280 points to 16.560.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 3.55% to 17.35, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 2.60% to settle at 17.340 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which gained 2.41% to close at 12.74.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 7.89% to 76.50 in late trade, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which lost 4.95% to settle at 115.10 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 4.20% to 27.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 224 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.02% or 1.20 to 119.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.79% to 13.23.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1279.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1136, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.865.
