Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 3.09% or 0.65 points to trade at 21.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.49% or 0.78 points to end at 52.98 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) was up 1.30% or 1.40 points to 108.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.11% or 0.53 points to trade at 24.62 at the close. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 1.68% or 1.56 points to end at 91.50 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 1.18% or 0.145 points to 12.195.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 5.67% to 1.285, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.15% to settle at 18.49 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 3.09% to close at 21.67.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 32.17% to 2.610 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 5.16% to settle at 52.400 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 3.74% to 17.23 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 360 to 220 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vallourec (PA:VLLP) fell to 52-week lows; down 32.17% or 1.238 to 2.610. Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.16% or 2.850 to 52.400.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.27% to 19.35.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.94% or 23.30 to $1222.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.34 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $66.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.