Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 1.91% or 2.65 points to trade at 141.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) added 1.24% or 1.25 points to end at 101.95 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.16% or 0.56 points to 49.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 3.84% or 0.584 points to trade at 14.622 at the close. Worldline SA (PA:WLN) declined 1.90% or 1.000 points to end at 51.500 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.74% or 0.24 points to 13.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.44% to 2.440, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 3.44% to settle at 36.080 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which gained 1.91% to close at 141.30.
The worst performers were Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was down 3.99% to 28.38 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 3.84% to settle at 14.622 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.12% to 104.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 242 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.84% or 0.584 to 14.622. Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.84% or 0.584 to 14.622.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.78% to 14.03.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.83% or 10.65 to $1275.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $62.83 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.56 to trade at $72.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1164, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.782.