Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 2.65% or 1.17 points to trade at 45.24 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.25% or 0.665 points to end at 30.225 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.23% or 0.245 points to 20.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which fell 1.02% or 0.78 points to trade at 75.64 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 0.76% or 0.85 points to end at 110.75 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.75% or 0.49 points to 64.73.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 4.82% to 7.400, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which was up 2.65% to settle at 45.24 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 2.50% to close at 77.950.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 1.59% to 74.28 in late trade, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which lost 1.45% to settle at 28.45 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 1.37% to 1.005 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 287 to 241 and 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.50% or 1.900 to 77.950.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.59% to 11.85.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1321.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.38 to hit $70.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.15 to trade at $77.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1957, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.32.