Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which rose 1.68% or 2.40 points to trade at 145.60 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.58% or 0.320 points to end at 20.520 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.29% or 1.10 points to 86.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.06% or 0.83 points to trade at 26.30 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.78% or 0.29 points to end at 15.99 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 1.50% or 0.67 points to 44.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.98% to 24.10, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 5.40% to settle at 74.20 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 4.31% to close at 78.700.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.92% to 5.406 in late trade, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which lost 3.89% to settle at 150.80 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.42% to 11.59 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 272 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) rose to all time highs; up 1.68% or 2.40 to 145.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.06% to 14.13.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.31% or 3.05 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.41% or 2.69 to trade at $76.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.