France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.79%

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 0.79%, while the index fell 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the were Alstom SA (EPA:), which rose 1.44% or 0.38 points to trade at 26.68 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) added 0.43% or 0.72 points to end at 168.62 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) was up 0.38% or 0.17 points to 43.71 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 2.49% or 1.34 points to trade at 52.51 at the close. Worldline SA (EPA:) declined 2.38% or 0.79 points to end at 32.36 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 2.35% or 3.65 points to 151.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (EPA:) which rose 7.80% to 5.24, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which was up 3.47% to settle at 241.20 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which gained 2.75% to close at 26.13.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 4.01% to 2.09 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which lost 3.78% to settle at 8.01 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which was down 3.69% to 89.95 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 173 and 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.38% or 0.79 to 32.36.

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 1.00% or 19.45 to $1,925.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.63% or 3.36 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 4.29% or 3.31 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 102.03.