Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the declined 0.79%, while the index declined 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 1.60% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:) added 0.95% or 0.94 points to end at 100.40 and Orange SA (EPA:) was up 0.68% or 0.07 points to 9.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 3.99% or 4.35 points to trade at 104.75 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:) declined 2.42% or 2.06 points to end at 83.18 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) was down 2.01% or 1.72 points to 84.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:) which rose 9.03% to 58.90, Valneva (EPA:) which was up 4.73% to settle at 2.22 and Forvia (EPA:) which gained 2.61% to close at 8.59.
The worst performers were Nexans SA (EPA:) which was down 9.26% to 92.10 in late trade, Mersen (EPA:) which lost 5.14% to settle at 19.92 and Remy Cointreau (EPA:) which was down 4.83% to 55.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 308 to 173 and 103 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 February delivery was up 1.12% or 30.19 to $2,720.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.14% or 2.32 to hit $76.24 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.11% or 2.39 to trade at $79.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 109.54.
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