Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.52%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ), which rose 4.68% or 4.40 points to trade at 98.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA: MICP ) added 2.21% or 0.71 points to end at 32.85 and Bouygues SA (EPA: BOUY ) was up 1.54% or 0.56 points to 36.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (EPA: STLAM ), which fell 4.25% or 0.48 points to trade at 10.91 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) declined 4.08% or 1.18 points to end at 27.74 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ) was down 2.15% or 0.81 points to 36.94.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) which rose 4.68% to 98.46, Elior Group (EPA: ELIOR ) which was up 4.34% to settle at 2.69 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA: MICP ) which gained 2.21% to close at 32.85.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which was down 14.31% to 4.37 in late trade, Trigano SA (EPA: TRIA ) which lost 11.02% to settle at 105.00 and Valeo SA (EPA: VLOF ) which was down 7.76% to 9.21 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 208 and 95 ended unchanged.

Shares in Stellantis NV (EPA: STLAM ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.25% or 0.48 to 10.91.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.38% or 41.99 to $3,094.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $73.04 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 103.92.