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

The Paris closing bell saw the index fall 0.27% and the Paris closing bell fell 0.411%.

WFD Unibail Rodamco NV climbed 7.95%, or 5.30 points, to close at 71.93. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:), added 3.24%, or 1.15 points, to reach 36.78 Publicis Groupe In late trade, SA (PA:), was up 2.2% or 1.58 to 66.76

They were also the worst performers of the session. Hermes International SCA (PA): fell 3.60%, or 46.50 point to trade at 1246.00 by the close. Legrand SA (PA:), fell 3.06% or 2.82 to finish at 89.32 Kering SA (PA:), was at 628.80 with a drop of 2.51%.

WFD Unibail Rodamco NV ranked the top on SBF 120 (AS:), rising 7.95% to 71.93 Orpea SA (PA:), which rose 7.84%, to settle at $35.63 Mcphy Energy (PA:), which gained 5.27% and closed at 17.37

Atos SE, (PA) was the worst performer. It fell 4.50% to 32.03 late trade. Hermes International SCA was (PA) down 3.60% and settled at 1246.00. Legrand SA was also down 3.06% at 89.32.

The Paris Stock Exchange witnessed rising stocks outnumbering declining stocks 289 to 269 while 93 was unchanged.

Societe Generale SA’s shares rose to their highest level in 3 years; they gained 3.24% (or 1.15 to 36.78). Publicis Groupe SA (PA) shares rose to 3 year highs with a gain of 2.42%, or 1.58 to 66.676.

The was unchanged from 0% to 18,96, a new 52 week high.

For April delivery, Gold Futures fell 0.2% to $1836.25 per troy-ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 1.09 percent or 1.22% to reach $90.75 per barrel in March, and April Brent oil rose 0.69 percent or 0.75% to trade at $92.24 per barrel.

EUR/USD increased by 0.39% to 1.1466, while EUR/GBP declined 0.2% to 0.8421.

At 95.360, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.14%.