France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Foods&Drugs, Gas&Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.37% or 1.30 points to trade at 56.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 1.50% or 0.33 points to end at 22.05 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 1.33% or 1.60 points to 122.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 3.03% or 1.50 points to trade at 47.96 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 2.46% or 3.50 points to end at 138.60 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.77% or 1.64 points to 91.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 6.39% to 12.16, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.52% to settle at 2.528 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 2.83% to close at 67.30.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 5.36% to 30.00 in late trade, Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which lost 5.17% to settle at 18.71 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 4.86% to 13.22 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 220 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.33% or 1.60 to 122.35. Shares in Euronext (PA:ENX) rose to all time highs; up 2.83% or 1.85 to 67.30. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.86% or 0.68 to 13.22.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.26% to 13.24 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1397.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.79% or 0.45 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.77 to trade at $65.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1341, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 95.917.
