France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.52% 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 fell 0.52%, while the index lost 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the were Schneider Electric SE (PA:), which rose 1.75% or 2.15 points to trade at 125.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:) added 1.35% or 0.47 points to end at 35.28 and Teleperformance SE (PA:) was up 1.15% or 3.30 points to 291.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 7.69% or 4.66 points to trade at 55.92 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:) declined 3.02% or 2.79 points to end at 89.62 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:) was down 2.65% or 0.62 points to 22.76.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (PA:) which rose 5.16% to 33.02, Solutions 30 SE (PA:) which was up 4.83% to settle at 13.24 and Neoen SA (PA:) which gained 4.69% to close at 67.00.

The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) which was down 7.69% to 55.92 in late trade, Carmila SA (PA:) which lost 6.55% to settle at 11.42 and Klepierre SA (PA:) which was down 5.80% to 17.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 374 to 228 and 73 ended unchanged.

Shares in Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (PA:) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.16% or 1.62 to 33.02.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.14% or 2.60 to $1863.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.21 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2153, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8853.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 90.142.