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 lose 0.44% and the Paris fell by 0.39%.

They were the top performers at the session Air Liquide SA (PA) rose 2.09%, or 3.22 points, to close at 157.44. STMicroelectronics (PA:), which gained 2.03%, or 0.80 points, to close at 39.90 Thales In late trade, the (PA:), was up by 1.72% (or 2.00 points) to 118.00

Veolia Environnement VE SA(PA:), the worst performer of the session, fell 2.88% (or 0.83 points) to trade at 27,97 at the closing. Eurofins Scientific SE(PA:), which lost 2.47 points or Eurofins Scientific SE at 88.05, and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA was down 2.34% (or 1.33 points) to 55.42.

Top performers in the SBF 120 competition were Soitec SA (PA) rose 2.59% at 170.50. Air Liquide SA was up 2.09% at 157.44. Aeroports de Paris SA, PA:, gained 2.05% at 134.20.

These were the worst performers Virbac SA (PA:), which fell 9.14% to 338,00 in late-trade, Trigano SA (PA) lost 6.61% and settled at 128.50 Elior The Group (PA) was at 3.10, down by 5.03% from the closing.

By 335 to 211, falling stocks outnumbered advancing on the Paris Stock Exchange, while 91 ended unaffected.

Thales Shares (PA:), rose to three-year highs, rising by 1.72% or 2.00 to 118.00.

The was unchanged at 0.00% and 18.96, a new 52 week high.

For April delivery, gold futures rose 1.45% (or 28.10%) to $1.965.40 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell by 1.57 or 1.37% to reach $113.36/barrel, and May Brent oil, which fell by 1.57 or 1.29% to trade at $120.03/barrel.

EUR/USD was stable at 0.09%, 1.10 and EUR/GBP unaffected at 0.18%, 0.83.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.2% at 98.86