Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 1.48% or 1.60 points to trade at 109.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 1.27% or 1.45 points to end at 115.45 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 1.13% or 0.56 points to 49.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 3.54% or 0.183 points to trade at 4.989 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.14% or 0.58 points to end at 18.02 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.05% or 0.45 points to 21.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 2.64% to 6.415, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.50% to settle at 13.300 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.28% to close at 12.99.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 4.14% to 53.93 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which lost 3.54% to settle at 4.989 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 3.14% to 18.02 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 327 to 256 and 101 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.74% to 13.65.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.36 to $1351.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.96% or 0.96 to hit $48.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.37 to trade at $54.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2038, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.9119.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 91.28.