Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which rose 4.48% or 2.05 points to trade at 47.84 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 3.75% or 1.57 points to end at 43.29 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) was up 2.22% or 1.50 points to 69.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which fell 3.65% or 2.60 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 3.10% or 3.55 points to end at 111.00 and Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) was down 2.07% or 0.26 points to 12.09.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which rose 5.69% to 0.41, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 4.71% to settle at 3.60 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) which gained 4.48% to close at 47.84.
The worst performers were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was down 4.43% to 10.14 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which lost 4.18% to settle at 1.90 and Covivio SA (EPA:CVO) which was down 3.66% to 40.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 304 to 232 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nexity (EPA:NEXI) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.43% or 0.47 to 10.14.
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 up 1.79% or 36.75 to $2,091.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.12% or 2.44 to hit $80.70 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.81% or 2.30 to trade at $84.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.88.