Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.30%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.94% or 0.13 points to trade at 13.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.91% or 2.10 points to end at 232.85 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 0.88% or 0.66 points to 75.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 1.48% or 0.92 points to trade at 61.10 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.38% or 0.26 points to end at 18.16 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.05% or 0.85 points to 80.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 3.75% to 12.73, Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was up 2.04% to settle at 140.30 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which gained 1.87% to close at 25.550.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.83% to 5.400 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.22% to settle at 125.30 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 2.03% to 144.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 255 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.75% or 0.46 to 12.73.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.70% to 14.18.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 7.81 to $1257.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.30 to trade at $45.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1194, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.97.