Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 1.22% or 0.52 points to trade at 42.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.68% or 0.58 points to end at 86.26 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 0.50% or 0.37 points to 74.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which fell 1.62% or 3.80 points to trade at 230.40 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.50% or 0.75 points to end at 49.22 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.40% or 0.33 points to 23.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 4.83% to 13.240, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 3.97% to settle at 81.190 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 2.34% to close at 63.100.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 2.13% to 78.17 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 1.87% to settle at 4.778 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 1.70% to 135.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 326 to 268 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.83% or 0.610 to 13.240. Shares in DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.97% or 3.100 to 81.190. Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to all time highs; up 2.34% or 1.440 to 63.100.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.97% to 11.57.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.38 to $1275.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.97% or 1.51 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.50 to trade at $55.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1726, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.72.