Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 2.92% or 1.32 points to trade at 46.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 1.26% or 1.35 points to end at 108.40 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 0.78% or 0.55 points to 71.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.34% or 0.41 points to trade at 17.11 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.93% or 1.91 points to end at 97.05 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 1.90% or 0.505 points to 26.130.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 3.71% to 49.99, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was up 2.92% to settle at 46.46 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 2.85% to close at 13.330.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 5.15% to 3.073 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 4.86% to settle at 13.20 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 2.81% to 56.700 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 284 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.71% or 1.79 to 49.99.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.63% to 10.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1256.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.32% or 0.18 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1775, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.86.