Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.22%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.96% or 3.45 points to trade at 120.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 2.33% or 0.118 points to end at 5.177 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.43% or 1.13 points to 80.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 1.28% or 0.52 points to trade at 40.24 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.15% or 0.78 points to end at 67.22 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 1.05% or 2.20 points to 208.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 3.30% to 35.415, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which was up 2.96% to settle at 120.00 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which gained 2.33% to close at 5.177.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.30% to 71.800 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 3.25% to settle at 27.800 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.07% to 3.027 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 253 and 99 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.77% to 11.47.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.24 to $1327.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1959, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 91.79.