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 declined 0.69%, while the index climbed 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:), which rose 1.35% or 0.46 points to trade at 34.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) added 0.95% or 2.10 points to end at 222.90 and Orange SA (EPA:) was up 0.84% or 0.09 points to 10.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which fell 4.40% or 3.38 points to trade at 73.40 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 2.97% or 1.13 points to end at 36.78 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 2.57% or 2.75 points to 104.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:) which rose 3.92% to 3.18, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 1.46% to settle at 3.05 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) which gained 1.35% to close at 34.46.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which was down 16.32% to 146.85 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which lost 14.04% to settle at 19.38 and Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 9.70% to 1.19 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 161 and 96 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 August delivery was down 2.05% or 50.25 to $2,406.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.82% or 1.48 to hit $79.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 1.27 to trade at $83.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.03.
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