Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 6.43% or 1.51 points to trade at 24.98 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 3.00% or 0.350 points to end at 12.030 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.56% or 0.47 points to 18.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which fell 1.76% or 1.04 points to trade at 58.06 at the close. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 1.49% or 1.30 points to end at 86.00 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.39% or 1.45 points to 102.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 14.14% to 8.800, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 8.21% to settle at 7.38 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which gained 6.43% to close at 24.98.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 12.80% to 0.906 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 7.08% to settle at 16.280 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 4.36% to 35.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 230 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.49% or 1.30 to 86.00. Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to all time lows; down 12.80% or 0.133 to 0.906. Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) fell to 3-years lows; falling 7.08% or 1.240 to 16.280.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.27% to 20.54.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.30 to $1260.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.35 to trade at $54.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1390, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 96.303.