Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.30%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 1.14% or 1.08 points to trade at 95.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 0.75% or 0.47 points to end at 63.49 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.64% or 0.55 points to 85.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 3.04% or 1.18 points to trade at 37.42 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.83% or 1.47 points to end at 78.72 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.78% or 0.142 points to 7.843.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam (AS:APAM) which rose 1.76% to 35.06, Rexel (PA:RXL) which was up 1.50% to settle at 12.15 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 1.18% to close at 54.00.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 3.63% to 7.25 in late trade, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which lost 3.58% to settle at 20.76 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 3.04% to 37.42 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 408 to 213 and 125 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.37% to 19.39 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1331.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $45.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.17 to trade at $47.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1059, while EUR/GBP rose 1.06% to 0.8408.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 96.64.