Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.69% or 0.315 points to trade at 18.905 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 1.20% or 0.065 points to end at 5.476 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.15% or 1.40 points to 123.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 4.62% or 1.03 points to trade at 21.28 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 4.43% or 2.94 points to end at 63.46 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.70% or 0.65 points to 23.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.07% to 64.900, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.24% to settle at 49.680 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 2.19% to close at 22.41.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 4.62% to 21.28 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which lost 4.43% to settle at 63.46 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.70% to 23.28 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 309 to 291 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.70% or 0.65 to 23.28. Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.70% or 0.65 to 23.28.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.71% to 15.01.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.01% or 12.39 to $1210.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.50% or 1.14 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.49% or 1.20 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1403, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.80.