Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 1.20% or 0.77 points to trade at 65.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 0.83% or 0.79 points to end at 96.30 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 0.82% or 0.29 points to 35.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 5.37% or 8.60 points to trade at 151.50 at the close. Klepierre (PA:LOIM) declined 4.22% or 1.76 points to end at 40.05 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 3.02% or 1.89 points to 60.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which rose 11.11% to 21.20, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 10.37% to settle at 4.65 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 3.12% to close at 12.24.
The worst performers were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 5.37% to 151.50 in late trade, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which lost 4.22% to settle at 40.05 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.99% to 95.76 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 370 to 280 and 102 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.73% to 19.42.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.25% or 15.60 to $1234.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.62% or 0.70 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.77 to trade at $45.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.7808.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.11.