Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.64%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 0.92% or 0.24 points to trade at 26.45 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 0.55% or 0.14 points to end at 26.57 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 18.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 3.89% or 1.125 points to trade at 27.800 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 3.51% or 3.20 points to end at 87.97 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 3.39% or 1.55 points to 44.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were BIC (PA:BICP) which rose 1.67% to 85.00, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 0.92% to settle at 26.45 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which gained 0.55% to close at 26.57.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.23% to 62.500 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 4.15% to settle at 39.93 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 4.10% to 110.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 465 to 149 and 66 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.02% to 16.37 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.73% or 9.90 to $1338.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.96% or 0.63 to hit $65.17 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.65% or 1.15 to trade at $68.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.2463, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 88.96.