France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.10%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil&Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which rose 1.23% or 0.64 points to trade at 52.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) added 0.84% or 0.46 points to end at 55.16 and AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) was up 0.78% or 0.23 points to 29.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 2.56% or 3.10 points to trade at 117.90 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) declined 1.70% or 1.08 points to end at 62.48 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was down 1.58% or 0.71 points to 43.85.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which rose 5.52% to 13.85, Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which was up 4.36% to settle at 4.84 and Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which gained 2.34% to close at 14.45.

The worst performers were Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE) which was down 5.93% to 10.78 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which lost 3.07% to settle at 12.27 and Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which was down 2.80% to 13.18 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 293 to 229 and 97 ended unchanged.

Shares in Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.93% or 0.68 to 10.78.

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 February delivery was down 0.41% or 8.45 to $2,039.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $69.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.22 to trade at $74.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.68.