France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.20% 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 0.20%, while the index declined 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:), which rose 2.19% or 0.57 points to trade at 26.61 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) added 1.70% or 0.42 points to end at 25.07 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 1.16% or 0.76 points to 66.18 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 1.58% or 1.90 points to trade at 118.60 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) declined 1.49% or 10.20 points to end at 673.80 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was down 1.47% or 21.50 points to 1,443.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (EPA:) which rose 3.08% to 13.91, Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:) which was up 2.64% to settle at 15.75 and Korian Medica SA (EPA:) which gained 2.53% to close at 9.12.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 2.67% to 6.55 in late trade, Thales (EPA:) which lost 1.58% to settle at 118.60 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which was down 1.49% to 673.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 230 and 101 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 0.56% or 10.10 to $1,805.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.10% or 2.40 to hit $79.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.20% or 3.40 to trade at $84.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.98.