Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.70%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 1.61% or 2.32 points to trade at 146.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.04% or 0.14 points to end at 13.56 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.44% or 1.00 points to 229.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which fell 6.30% or 6.85 points to trade at 101.80 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.47% or 0.672 points to end at 18.710 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.93% or 0.56 points to 18.73.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which rose 4.12% to 23.76, Covivio SA (PA:FDR) which was up 2.26% to settle at 90.40 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which gained 1.72% to close at 13.01.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.59% to 1.485 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 6.47% to settle at 2.153 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which was down 6.30% to 101.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 369 to 183 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.30% or 6.85 to 101.80. Shares in L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.44% or 1.00 to 229.10. Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.30% or 6.85 to 101.80.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.54% to 14.66.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.05% or 13.55 to $1299.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.97% or 0.55 to hit $56.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.52 to trade at $65.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1242, while EUR/GBP rose 1.03% to 0.8641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 97.262.