Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.46%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which rose 0.96% or 3.10 points to trade at 325.40 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 0.41% or 0.32 points to end at 78.99 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 0.36% or 0.70 points to 197.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 4.56% or 2.57 points to trade at 53.74 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 4.46% or 1.42 points to end at 30.44 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 4.08% or 0.50 points to 11.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 2.00% to 11.220, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 1.90% to settle at 92.38 and La Francaise Des Jeux Sa (PA:FDJ) which gained 1.11% to close at 50.16.
The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 11.26% to 19.79 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 5.05% to settle at 42.66 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 4.56% to 53.74 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 414 to 173 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) rose to all time highs; up 0.36% or 0.70 to 197.25. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.90% or 1.72 to 92.38. Shares in La Francaise Des Jeux Sa (PA:FDJ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.11% or 0.55 to 50.16.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.60 to $1774.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.31% or 0.93 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.61 to trade at $73.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1871, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 92.237.