Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 1.27% or 1.55 points to trade at 124.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.09% or 0.58 points to end at 53.76 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.87% or 1.20 points to 138.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 3.31% or 1.63 points to trade at 47.57 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.41% or 0.51 points to end at 20.67 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 2.12% or 1.94 points to 89.62.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 3.47% to 119.30, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was up 2.77% to settle at 118.80 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 1.85% to close at 77.10.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 7.36% to 58.62 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 5.15% to settle at 36.12 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.55% to 73.300 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 239 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.27% or 1.55 to 124.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.89% to 12.64.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 5.40 to $1229.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.28 to trade at $72.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1703, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.40.