Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.84% or 3.20 points to trade at 176.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 1.63% or 0.82 points to end at 51.07 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) was up 1.54% or 2.40 points to 158.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 1.76% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.582 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.14% or 0.88 points to end at 76.00 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.12% or 0.78 points to 68.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 5.45% to 22.2500, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.68% to settle at 5.248 and Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which gained 2.53% to close at 3.409.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 1.76% to 5.582 in late trade, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which lost 1.37% to settle at 55.33 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 1.26% to 28.96 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 307 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kering SA (PA:PRTP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.84% or 3.20 to 176.80.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.79% to 16.41 a new 52-week low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.24% or 3.25 to $1346.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.28% or 0.99 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.87 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.63.