Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which rose 4.89% or 15.40 points to trade at 330.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 2.02% or 3.90 points to end at 197.10 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 1.16% or 4.15 points to 360.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which fell 4.14% or 52.00 points to trade at 1203.00 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 2.73% or 3.80 points to end at 135.45 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.25% or 0.88 points to 38.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) which rose 4.89% to 330.40, Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which was up 4.81% to settle at 25.30 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.54% to close at 45.64.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 6.23% to 331.00 in late trade, Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which lost 5.11% to settle at 132.65 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 4.16% to 14.730 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 376 to 177 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.81% or 1.16 to 25.30.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.95 to $1899.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.56% or 0.51 to hit $91.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $93.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8336.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.115.