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 fell 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 2.03% or 0.95 points to trade at 47.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.78% or 0.30 points to end at 17.45 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 1.76% or 0.40 points to 22.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which fell 4.07% or 3.30 points to trade at 77.70 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.52% or 0.394 points to end at 15.214 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.45% or 0.395 points to 15.720.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Coface (PA:COFA) which rose 2.21% to 9.47, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 2.03% to settle at 47.85 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 2.01% to close at 68.400.
The worst performers were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) which was down 4.07% to 77.70 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 3.06% to settle at 20.26 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 3.03% to 23.72 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 326 to 243 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coface (PA:COFA) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.21% or 0.20 to 9.47.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.95% to 12.45.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.34% or 19.05 to $1401.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 0.90 to trade at $64.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1219, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8967.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 96.917.