Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 1.80% or 0.95 points to trade at 53.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.77% or 0.34 points to end at 19.58 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.71% or 0.335 points to 19.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.99% or 0.80 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.64% or 0.82 points to end at 49.34 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 0.91% or 0.78 points to 84.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 3.25% to 190.35, Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was up 3.16% to settle at 135.35 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which gained 2.60% to close at 31.600.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.99% to 26.00 in late trade, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which lost 1.64% to settle at 49.34 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.56% to 5.821 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 253 and 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.16% or 4.15 to 135.35.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.04% to 13.59.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.75% or 9.48 to $1265.88 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.29% or 0.63 to hit $49.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.46 to trade at $51.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.8733.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.40.