France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.95% 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 0.95%, while the index lost 0.92%.

The best performers of the session on the were Orange SA (EPA:), which rose 0.66% or 0.06 points to trade at 9.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) added 0.24% or 0.02 points to end at 9.75 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was up 0.22% or 0.20 points to 91.29 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:), which fell 3.72% or 1.21 points to trade at 31.21 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 3.47% or 1.22 points to end at 33.90 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was down 3.22% or 0.44 points to 13.11.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 2.03% to 6.73, Vallourec (EPA:) which was up 1.62% to settle at 12.52 and SEB SA (EPA:) which gained 1.62% to close at 78.40.

The worst performers were Derichebourg (EPA:) which was down 5.32% to 5.25 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:) which lost 5.26% to settle at 5.79 and Valeo SA (EPA:) which was down 4.49% to 16.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 226 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.26% or 0.32 to 5.79.

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 1.33% or 24.25 to $1,801.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.43% or 1.12 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.37 to trade at $80.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 104.21.