Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 1.45% or 1.24 points to trade at 86.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.37% or 0.270 points to end at 19.950 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.28% or 1.06 points to 83.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 1.91% or 0.390 points to trade at 20.040 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.73% or 0.71 points to end at 40.70 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 1.64% or 0.38 points to 22.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 5.28% to 1.516, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 4.47% to settle at 88.340 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 3.60% to close at 96.400.
The worst performers were Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 5.00% to 176.23 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 4.57% to settle at 130.65 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 3.00% to 9.38 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 331 to 255 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.47% or 3.780 to 88.340. Shares in Iliad (PA:ILD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.57% or 6.25 to 130.65.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.65% to 13.13.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1291.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.48.