France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.22% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the declined 0.22%, while the index fell 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 3.10% or 0.80 points to trade at 26.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) added 2.05% or 1.03 points to end at 51.37 and Kering SA (EPA:) was up 1.37% or 7.00 points to 518.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which fell 2.82% or 1.92 points to trade at 66.14 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 2.15% or 0.35 points to end at 15.72 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 2.08% or 1.92 points to 90.35.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (EPA:) which rose 6.88% to 0.65, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which was up 4.77% to settle at 2.06 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:) which gained 4.48% to close at 60.60.

The worst performers were Trigano SA (EPA:) which was down 4.60% to 120.40 in late trade, SES Imagotag (EPA:) which lost 4.36% to settle at 109.80 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which was down 3.48% to 26.94 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 267 and 79 ended unchanged.

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

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.08% or 20.10 to $1,838.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.43% or 1.04 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.88 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.81% at 104.86.