Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.30% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.02% or 0.77 points to end at 76.50 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.93% or 0.20 points to 21.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.16% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.73 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.17% or 0.17 points to end at 14.33 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.08% or 1.25 points to 115.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which rose 2.30% to 19.38, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 1.25% to settle at 24.330 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which gained 1.03% to close at 10.740.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 2.16% to 19.73 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 1.90% to settle at 74.770 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 1.68% to 49.92 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 337 to 237 and 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.16% or 0.43 to 19.73. Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.16% or 0.43 to 19.73.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.74% to 14.03.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.07 to $1297.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.61 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.9222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 92.67.