Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the General Financial, Media and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PARIS:TOTF), which rose 1.10% or 0.50 points to trade at 45.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PARIS:ENGIE) added 0.90% or 0.16 points to end at 17.91 and Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) was up 0.75% or 0.95 points to 127.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PARIS:SGOB), which fell 2.06% or 0.92 points to trade at 43.56 at the close. Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) declined 2.05% or 2.06 points to end at 98.24 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) was down 1.83% or 0.28 points to 14.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) which rose 2.07% to 99.05, Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was up 1.60% to settle at 13.37 and Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) which gained 1.58% to close at 59.93.
The worst performers were Havas (PARIS:HAVA) which was down 4.04% to 7.610 in late trade, Natixis (PARIS:CNAT) which lost 3.91% to settle at 6.384 and Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 3.91% to 49.455 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 557 to 239 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.07% or 2.01 to 99.05.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.15% to 17.57.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 3.80 to $1093.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.94% or 0.42 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.51 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0971, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.64.