France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.37%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE), which rose 4.83% or 0.66 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 2.25% or 2.90 points to end at 132.00 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was up 1.93% or 4.90 points to 259.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN), which fell 3.86% or 1.59 points to trade at 39.57 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) declined 2.78% or 5.20 points to end at 182.00 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) was down 2.25% or 3.52 points to 153.04.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) which rose 4.83% to 14.25, Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was up 3.52% to settle at 2.88 and Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN) which gained 3.01% to close at 109.50.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 5.81% to 12.89 in late trade, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which lost 5.33% to settle at 2.15 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 3.86% to 39.57 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 321 to 214 and 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in Thales (EPA:TCFP) rose to all time highs; up 2.25% or 2.90 to 132.00.

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 April delivery was down 0.24% or 4.35 to $1,845.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $76.72 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.80 to trade at $83.27 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP fell 0.90% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 103.97.