France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.27%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ), which rose 2.41% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) added 1.33% or 1.08 points to end at 82.44 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) was up 1.17% or 0.54 points to 46.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:TCFP ), which fell 1.43% or 2.00 points to trade at 137.45 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR ) declined 1.11% or 1.74 points to end at 154.78 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ) was down 0.89% or 0.20 points to 22.26.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which rose 6.87% to 5.12, SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR ) which was up 2.43% to settle at 23.62 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) which gained 2.41% to close at 2.51.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) which was down 7.91% to 2.47 in late trade, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC ) which lost 5.54% to settle at 27.30 and Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which was down 3.99% to 1.92 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 274 to 229 and 90 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) fell to all time lows; losing 7.91% or 0.21 to 2.47.

The CAC 40 VIX , 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 1.39% or 36.34 to $2,644.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.80% or 1.27 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 107.43.

Source: Investing.com