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 lost 0.15%, while the index lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were AXA SA (EPA:), which rose 1.61% or 0.54 points to trade at 34.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:) added 1.50% or 0.66 points to end at 44.77 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was up 0.97% or 0.13 points to 13.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (EPA:), which fell 2.81% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.30 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) declined 2.27% or 0.55 points to end at 23.73 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 1.68% or 1.52 points to 89.17.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (EPA:) which rose 6.47% to 86.45, Technip Energies BV (EPA:) which was up 2.85% to settle at 26.02 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 1.76% to close at 5.56.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was unchanged 11.54% to 0.00 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:) which lost 6.59% to settle at 26.10 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was down 5.23% to 2.97 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 268 to 233 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vivendi SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.81% or 0.24 to 8.30. Shares in Technip Energies BV (EPA:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.85% or 0.72 to 26.02.
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 down 1.10% or 29.81 to $2,679.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.63% or 1.14 to hit $71.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.98 to trade at $74.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.71.
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