France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.55%

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 fell 0.55%, while the index fell 0.64%.

The best performers of the session on the were Orange SA (EPA:), which rose 1.35% or 0.14 points to trade at 10.37 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (EPA:) added 1.05% or 0.28 points to end at 26.41 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was up 1.00% or 0.98 points to 98.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which fell 2.95% or 1.72 points to trade at 56.58 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 2.46% or 1.08 points to end at 42.63 and Kering SA (EPA:) was down 2.11% or 10.80 points to 502.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:) which rose 1.83% to 178.20, Ipsen SA (EPA:) which was up 1.59% to settle at 108.60 and Orange SA (EPA:) which gained 1.35% to close at 10.37.

The worst performers were SES Imagotag (EPA:) which was down 58.27% to 69.60 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which lost 5.60% to settle at 1.68 and Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 4.36% to 1.99 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 163 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.95% or 1.72 to 56.58. Shares in SES Imagotag (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 58.27% or 97.20 to 69.60.

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 up 0.27% or 5.10 to $1,928.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.98% or 0.68 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.65 to trade at $73.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 102.60.