France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.23% 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 0.23%, while the index declined 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the were Euroapi SAS (EPA:), which rose 3.47% or 0.48 points to trade at 14.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) added 1.30% or 0.34 points to end at 26.56 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was up 0.73% or 0.73 points to 100.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (EPA:), which fell 3.24% or 0.46 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 2.19% or 0.82 points to end at 36.90 and Safran SA (EPA:) was down 1.93% or 1.89 points to 96.19.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which rose 3.47% to 14.39, Mercialys SA (EPA:) which was up 3.18% to settle at 9.42 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 2.85% to close at 11.17.

The worst performers were Faurecia (EPA:) which was down 6.82% to 23.78 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (EPA:) which lost 4.32% to settle at 17.29 and Valeo SA (EPA:) which was down 3.31% to 19.89 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 280 to 268 and 89 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 0.97% or 18.20 to $1,853.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.72% or 2.01 to hit $118.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 2.06 to trade at $119.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.10.