Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 1.39% or 3.50 points to trade at 254.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.36% or 0.55 points to end at 40.99 and Alcatel Lucent SA (PA:ALUA) was up 1.34% or 0.050 points to 3.784 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PA:TECF), which fell 3.96% or 1.97 points to trade at 47.79 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.37% or 0.12 points to end at 4.83 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.87% or 0.215 points to 11.300.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 3.98% to 19.20, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 3.53% to settle at 15.25 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 2.60% to close at 56.46.
The worst performers were Technip (PA:TECF) which was down 3.96% to 47.79 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.59% to settle at 3.06 and Aperam (AS:APAM) which was down 3.14% to 32.53 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 378 to 335 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG (PA:GEPH) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.59% or 0.11 to 3.06.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.59% to 21.81.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.18% or 1.90 to $1076.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.20 to hit $41.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 0.58 to trade at $44.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.84% to 1.0643, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.7008.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 99.69.