France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.13%

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 0.13%, while the index fell 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:), which rose 1.29% or 0.51 points to trade at 39.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:) added 0.98% or 0.36 points to end at 37.08 and Societe Generale SA (PA:) was up 0.76% or 0.21 points to 28.56 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:), which fell 2.24% or 0.39 points to trade at 17.02 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:) declined 1.76% or 1.95 points to end at 108.90 and Peugeot SA (PA:) was down 1.44% or 0.32 points to 21.92.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:) which rose 3.20% to 29.00, DBV Technologies (PA:) which was up 1.91% to settle at 13.880 and Trigano SA (PA:) which gained 1.86% to close at 96.00.

The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:) which was down 14.21% to 96.000 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:) which lost 3.05% to settle at 2.380 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:) which was down 2.91% to 24.66 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 308 to 254 and 104 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ipsos (PA:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.20% or 0.90 to 29.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.89% to 12.44.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 9.35 to $1470.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.39% or 2.55 to hit $55.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.06% or 2.57 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1016, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8518.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.213.

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