Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (PA:TCFP), which rose 2.44% or 1.92 points to trade at 80.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.91% or 1.70 points to end at 90.62 and TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) was up 1.50% or 0.73 points to 49.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 3.95% or 1.95 points to trade at 47.47 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 2.97% or 20.40 points to end at 665.50 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 2.79% or 4.68 points to 162.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA:TCFP) which rose 2.44% to 80.60, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.34% to settle at 8.745 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which gained 2.32% to close at 29.07.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 14.59% to 8.84 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 6.19% to settle at 5.91 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 5.14% to 367.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 211 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.50% or 0.73 to 49.53. Shares in Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.59% or 1.51 to 8.84.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 5.95 to $1815.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.35% or 1.93 to hit $84.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.55 to trade at $86.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1402, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8349.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 95.240.