Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.75% or 0.55 points to trade at 73.71 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.50% or 0.13 points to end at 26.39 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.23% or 0.25 points to 110.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 4.91% or 0.930 points to trade at 18.030 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 2.99% or 1.62 points to end at 52.56 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 2.86% or 0.785 points to 26.680.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 1.58% to 32.060, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 1.31% to settle at 124.10 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 1.18% to close at 8.580.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.30% to 66.950 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 4.91% to settle at 18.030 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 4.23% to 82.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 385 to 182 and 100 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.99% to 13.75 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1220.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.27% or 0.85 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.86 to trade at $72.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.00% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.70% at 96.13.