France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.24%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE ), which rose 1.14% or 0.18 points to trade at 15.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE ) added 0.82% or 0.24 points to end at 29.49 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF ) was up 0.69% or 0.43 points to 62.41 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ), which fell 2.76% or 2.46 points to trade at 86.54 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI ) declined 2.00% or 1.12 points to end at 54.96 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW ) was down 1.71% or 1.30 points to 74.72.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) which rose 2.93% to 6.54, SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR ) which was up 2.80% to settle at 20.54 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which gained 1.89% to close at 33.41.

The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30 ) which was down 6.59% to 1.22 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which lost 4.20% to settle at 5.52 and Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:AM ) which was down 3.65% to 184.80 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 285 to 199 and 110 ended unchanged.

Shares in Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30 ) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.59% or 0.09 to 1.22.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 17.15 to $2,643.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.04% or 2.23 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.08% or 2.36 to trade at $78.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.71.

Source: Investing.com