Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.78%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which rose 4.82% or 2.57 points to trade at 55.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 2.73% or 0.49 points to end at 18.26 and Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) was up 1.89% or 0.51 points to 27.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which fell 4.29% or 24.80 points to trade at 553.80 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) declined 3.92% or 31.70 points to end at 777.30 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was down 3.85% or 1.51 points to 37.74.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) which rose 4.82% to 55.93, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was up 4.20% to settle at 3.32 and Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) which gained 3.52% to close at 31.73.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was down 9.14% to 19.14 in late trade, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which lost 9.13% to settle at 35.04 and Korian Medica SA (EPA:KORI) which was down 6.82% to 7.17 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 330 to 215 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Korian Medica SA (EPA:KORI) fell to all time lows; losing 6.82% or 0.52 to 7.17.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.55% or 10.05 to $1,816.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.84% or 0.63 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.56 to trade at $82.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 105.18.