Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 0.85% or 4.80 points to trade at 570.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.84% or 0.10 points to end at 12.66 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 0.59% or 0.26 points to 44.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 4.34% or 0.562 points to trade at 12.386 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 3.23% or 1.76 points to end at 52.71 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 2.81% or 1.07 points to 36.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 3.29% to 8.972, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 2.94% to settle at 17.140 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.83% to close at 65.30.
The worst performers were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 4.67% to 1.000 in late trade, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which lost 4.34% to settle at 12.386 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.81% to 112.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 402 to 172 and 95 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.60% to 13.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 9.10 to $1196.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 1.22 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.60 to trade at $82.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1616, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.67.