Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Electronic Equipment and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.56%, while the SBF 120 index declined 2.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP), which fell 0.18% or 0.40 points to trade at 223.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) fell 0.37% or 0.10 points to end at 28.35 and Vivendi SA (PARIS:VIV) was down 0.65% or 0.14 points to 21.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PARIS:BNPP), which fell 4.80% or 2.67 points to trade at 52.98 at the close. AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) declined 4.73% or 1.07 points to end at 21.54 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) was down 4.62% or 0.29 points to 5.93.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which rose 7.34% to 105.60, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was up 6.25% to settle at 0.255 and Korian Medica SA (PARIS:KORI) which gained 3.70% to close at 33.495.
The worst performers were Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was down 6.02% to 56.820 in late trade, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which lost 5.12% to settle at 32.65 and BNP Paribas SA (PARIS:BNPP) which was down 4.80% to 52.98 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 496 to 221 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.62% or 0.29 to 5.93.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.62% to 26.79.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.82% or 20.30 to $1137.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.33% or 1.56 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.00 to trade at $48.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1370, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7297.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.86.