Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.89% or 0.170 points to trade at 19.330 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 0.55% or 0.12 points to end at 22.00 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 0.45% or 0.09 points to 19.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.87% or 0.95 points to trade at 23.62 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.15% or 0.560 points to end at 25.535 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was down 1.43% or 0.90 points to 62.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 2.87% to 52.05, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.75% to settle at 17.40 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.63% to close at 13.65.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 5.73% to 21.70 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.87% to settle at 23.62 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 3.38% to 26.88 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 256 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tarkett (PA:TKTT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.38% or 0.94 to 26.88.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.64% to 16.47.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 6.70 to $1335.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.83% or 1.16 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.92 to trade at $67.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.87.