France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.52% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the fell 1.52%, while the index lost 1.50%.

The best performers of the session on the were Thales (EPA:), which fell 0.08% or 0.10 points to trade at 119.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) fell 0.29% or 0.03 points to end at 9.83 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:) was down 0.59% or 0.14 points to 23.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:), which fell 3.04% or 0.82 points to trade at 25.98 at the close. Hermes International SCA (EPA:) declined 2.69% or 40.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) was down 2.38% or 16.60 points to 679.90.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (EPA:) which rose 1.71% to 10.12, Orpea SA (EPA:) which was up 1.58% to settle at 6.17 and Metropole Television SA (EPA:) which gained 0.26% to close at 15.35.

The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (EPA:) which was down 3.90% to 12.21 in late trade, Valneva (EPA:) which lost 3.08% to settle at 6.22 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:) which was down 3.04% to 25.98 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 328 to 240 and 80 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 up 0.22% or 4.05 to $1,830.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.02% or 0.80 to hit $79.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 1.07 to trade at $84.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.18.