France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.17% 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 declined 0.17%, while the index lost 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 3.30% or 7.30 points to trade at 228.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) added 1.56% or 0.70 points to end at 45.69 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) was up 1.43% or 2.55 points to 180.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (EPA:), which fell 2.31% or 1.05 points to trade at 44.47 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:) declined 2.05% or 0.31 points to end at 14.60 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 1.92% or 1.68 points to 85.77.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 7.62% to 7.20, Trigano SA (EPA:) which was up 4.33% to settle at 127.60 and Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:) which gained 4.12% to close at 14.04.

The worst performers were Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which was down 2.85% to 22.48 in late trade, Mcphy Energy (EPA:) which lost 2.74% to settle at 13.68 and SES (EPA:) which was down 2.59% to 6.61 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 279 to 268 and 82 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 down 0.33% or 6.05 to $1,809.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.02% or 0.83 to hit $80.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 1.02 to trade at $85.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.61.