France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.40% 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 1.40%, while the index fell 1.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Euroapi SAS (EPA:), which rose 2.24% or 0.32 points to trade at 14.51 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (EPA:) added 0.32% or 0.08 points to end at 23.41 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:) was up 0.12% or 0.15 points to 121.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which fell 4.54% or 1.36 points to trade at 28.50 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) declined 3.49% or 2.23 points to end at 61.58 and Safran SA (EPA:) was down 3.07% or 3.01 points to 95.07.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (EPA:) which rose 6.32% to 8.62, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 2.24% to settle at 14.51 and Spie SA (EPA:) which gained 1.46% to close at 22.20.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 7.75% to 23.09 in late trade, Eramet SA (EPA:) which lost 7.04% to settle at 125.50 and Altarea SCA (EPA:) which was down 6.02% to 137.40 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 192 and 87 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 August delivery was down 0.29% or 5.45 to $1,851.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.37% or 0.45 to hit $121.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.30 to trade at $123.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 103.02.