Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the fell 0.13%, while the index added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the were Credit Agricole SA (EPA:), which rose 2.57% or 0.36 points to trade at 14.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 1.43% or 1.02 points to end at 72.46 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) was up 1.05% or 0.82 points to 79.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 1.79% or 2.35 points to trade at 128.80 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:) declined 1.24% or 1.74 points to end at 138.82 and Orange SA (EPA:) was down 0.91% or 0.10 points to 10.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which rose 4.42% to 4.16, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was up 4.10% to settle at 8.22 and Spie SA (EPA:) which gained 3.81% to close at 36.50.
The worst performers were Nexity (EPA:) which was down 2.81% to 9.67 in late trade, Beneteau SA (EPA:) which lost 1.96% to settle at 8.99 and Viridien SA (EPA:) which was down 1.82% to 39.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 246 to 211 and 123 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 24.10 to $2,536.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.77 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 1.46 to trade at $77.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.58.
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