Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.60% or 0.67 points to trade at 26.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 1.38% or 0.79 points to end at 57.87 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.32% or 0.72 points to 55.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 1.49% or 1.88 points to trade at 124.48 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.48% or 1.18 points to end at 78.73 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 1.43% or 1.60 points to 110.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 2.60% to 26.20, Neoen SA (PA:NEOEN) which was up 2.23% to settle at 36.60 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 2.04% to close at 30.98.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 8.62% to 8.215 in late trade, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which lost 1.97% to settle at 32.28 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was down 1.49% to 124.48 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 279 and 77 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.20 to $1778.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.02% or 0.75 to hit $74.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.49 to trade at $76.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1939, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8591.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.767.