France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.08% By Investing.com

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 1.08% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 1.10%.

The best performers of the session on the were BNP Paribas SA (EPA:), which rose 1.68% or 0.87 points to trade at 52.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 1.27% or 0.28 points to end at 22.41 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) was up 0.41% or 0.04 points to 9.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 4.74% or 2.46 points to trade at 49.42 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) declined 3.54% or 2.30 points to end at 62.74 and Capgemini SE (EPA:) was down 3.45% or 5.70 points to 159.45.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:) which rose 5.82% to 3.45, Vallourec (EPA:) which was up 3.02% to settle at 11.07 and Coface (EPA:) which gained 1.73% to close at 11.78.

The worst performers were Covivio SA (EPA:) which was down 5.22% to 54.45 in late trade, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which lost 5.16% to settle at 20.22 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) which was down 4.74% to 49.42 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 191 and 94 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 0.56% or 10.05 to $1,797.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.60% or 1.98 to hit $74.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 2.40 to trade at $78.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.27.