Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 2.88% or 3.55 points to trade at 126.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 2.17% or 0.82 points to end at 38.62 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.41% or 0.23 points to 16.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 2.85% or 17.00 points to trade at 579.40 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.21% or 2.94 points to end at 129.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 1.69% or 0.28 points to 16.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 11.20% to 14.30, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 9.68% to settle at 12.87 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 5.97% to close at 7.37.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 6.50% to 12.29 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.54% to settle at 43.02 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.09% to 39.56 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 264 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.41% or 0.23 to 16.14. Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.50% or 0.85 to 12.29.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.83% to 13.43.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 7.85 to $1586.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.75 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.50 to trade at $56.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0843, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 98.977.