France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.42%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 5.21% or 83.00 points to trade at 1675.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) added 2.21% or 7.90 points to end at 365.00 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) was up 2.15% or 2.32 points to 110.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 3.94% or 1.35 points to trade at 32.93 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 3.42% or 2.21 points to end at 62.33 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 3.41% or 3.86 points to 109.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 9.65% to 6.820, Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which was up 5.21% to settle at 1675.50 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which gained 3.77% to close at 501.40.

The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 6.04% to 108.95 in late trade, Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which lost 4.63% to settle at 12.35 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 4.58% to 5.58 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 394 to 219 and 81 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) rose to all time highs; rising 5.21% or 83.00 to 1675.50. Shares in Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.21% or 83.00 to 1675.50.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 2.60 to $1858.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.81% or 2.99 to hit $75.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 2.89 to trade at $78.35 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8400.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 95.817.