Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 3.69% or 3.05 points to trade at 85.61 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.03% or 0.144 points to end at 7.243 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.99% or 0.38 points to 19.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 2.34% or 0.34 points to trade at 14.20 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.99% or 0.37 points to end at 18.21 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.59% or 0.45 points to 27.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which rose 7.75% to 115.35, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 7.70% to settle at 51.05 and Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which gained 6.88% to close at 22.29.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 7.18% to 51.42 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.88% to settle at 20.07 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 3.23% to 103.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 331 to 296 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) rose to all time highs; up 7.75% or 8.30 to 115.35. Shares in BIC (PA:BICP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.23% or 3.45 to 103.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.18% to 18.61.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.91 to $1267.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0897, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.89.