Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Construction & Materials and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.41%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering (PARIS:PRTP), which rose 0.53% or 0.85 points to trade at 159.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) added 0.02% or 0.01 points to end at 26.40 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was down 0.03% or 0.01 points to 18.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which fell 2.39% or 5.55 points to trade at 227.10 at the close. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) declined 2.05% or 0.36 points to end at 17.16 and Air Liquide (PARIS:AIRP) was down 1.96% or 2.30 points to 114.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which rose 0.71% to 41.74, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was up 0.56% to settle at 36.22 and Kering (PARIS:PRTP) which gained 0.53% to close at 159.90.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PARIS:ZODC) which was down 5.36% to 31.00 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 5.05% to settle at 0.357 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was down 4.08% to 68.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 678 to 221 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) fell to all time lows; losing 5.05% or 0.019 to 0.357.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.79% to 24.89.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1179.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.87% or 0.53 to hit $60.24 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.65 to trade at $64.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1278, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7251.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.83.