Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.00%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 1.20% or 3.55 points to trade at 298.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 0.81% or 0.85 points to end at 106.35 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.71% or 0.19 points to 27.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.84% or 0.510 points to trade at 27.230 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.16% or 0.63 points to end at 53.79 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 1.29% or 0.245 points to 18.765.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 2.74% to 1.236, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 2.13% to settle at 16.34 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 1.36% to close at 59.75.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 1.84% to 27.230 in late trade, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which lost 1.79% to settle at 82.15 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 1.54% to 14.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 272 to 229 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in ALD SA (PA:ALDA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.13% or 0.34 to 16.34. Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to all time highs; up 1.36% or 0.80 to 59.75.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.77% to 13.13.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1220.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $73.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.13.