France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.86% 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 1.86%, while the index fell 1.81%.

The best performers of the session on the were Thales (EPA:), which rose 1.59% or 1.85 points to trade at 118.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) added 0.65% or 1.25 points to end at 192.30 and Danone SA (EPA:) was up 0.46% or 0.23 points to 50.21 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which fell 3.71% or 1.47 points to trade at 38.05 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) declined 3.61% or 5.36 points to end at 142.98 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) was down 3.46% or 1.00 points to 27.89.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Virbac SA (EPA:) which rose 6.14% to 268.00, Thales (EPA:) which was up 1.59% to settle at 118.00 and Accor SA (EPA:) which gained 1.33% to close at 28.88.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 7.75% to 6.83 in late trade, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which lost 7.13% to settle at 1.97 and Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 6.25% to 11.71 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 410 to 145 and 69 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 0.77% or 14.75 to $1,921.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.40% or 1.12 to hit $80.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 1.26 to trade at $86.24 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.96.