Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.94%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 0.83% or 0.90 points to trade at 108.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.56% or 0.45 points to end at 80.58 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.05% or 0.04 points to 80.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 3.94% or 0.67 points to trade at 16.32 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.82% or 0.52 points to end at 17.93 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 2.40% or 2.75 points to 111.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 7.23% to 84.95, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was up 2.41% to settle at 30.22 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 1.43% to close at 21.30.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 8.67% to 35.17 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 7.01% to settle at 5.323 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 4.98% to 8.3900 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 432 to 177 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.98% or 0.4400 to 8.3900.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.79% to 16.09.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.55% or 6.85 to $1258.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.62% or 0.34 to hit $54.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $56.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0588, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.