Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.41% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 0.32% or 0.55 points to trade at 172.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 127.40 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.19% or 0.20 points to 106.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.48% or 0.85 points to trade at 23.60 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 3.35% or 2.70 points to end at 77.88 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 2.61% or 1.70 points to 63.39.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 6.57% to 31.16, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 1.94% to settle at 19.450 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 1.66% to close at 89.52.
The worst performers were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 5.78% to 67.44 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 4.26% to settle at 34.160 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.99% to 105.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 489 to 142 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.61% or 1.70 to 63.39.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.60% to 27.83.
Gold Futures for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1319.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.07% or 1.88 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.82% or 1.83 to trade at $62.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 90.41.