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 1.08%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 0.65% or 0.40 points to trade at 61.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 0.55% or 0.18 points to end at 32.93 and Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) was up 0.13% or 0.50 points to 377.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 3.49% or 2.62 points to trade at 72.39 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.92% or 2.11 points to end at 70.14 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 2.39% or 2.56 points to 104.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which rose 5.62% to 11.65, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 1.87% to settle at 9.47 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which gained 1.10% to close at 20.220.
The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 3.52% to 98.02 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 3.49% to settle at 72.39 and Covivio SA (PA:CVO) which was down 3.36% to 77.64 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 383 to 201 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.13% or 0.50 to 377.10.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.12% or 20.35 to $1831.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.79% or 0.55 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $72.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1883, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.093.