France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Foods&Drugs, Gas&Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.77% or 1.14 points to trade at 25.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 2.50% or 1.88 points to end at 77.20 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.42% or 1.07 points to 45.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 5.39% or 4.20 points to trade at 73.74 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 3.19% or 4.50 points to end at 136.45 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.95% or 0.520 points to 17.080.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 13.59% to 0.790, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 11.36% to settle at 3.000 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which gained 6.70% to close at 24.70.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 10.52% to 49.25 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 5.39% to settle at 73.74 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 4.36% to 25.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 337 to 224 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danone SA (PA:DANO) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.50% or 1.88 to 77.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.91% to 13.58.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.77% or 10.95 to $1412.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.63% or 0.35 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.37 to trade at $63.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1132, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.602.
