Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 3.19% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 3.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 0.91% or 0.42 points to trade at 46.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) fell 1.01% or 0.63 points to end at 61.81 and Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) was down 1.33% or 1.45 points to 107.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN), which fell 4.64% or 2.72 points to trade at 55.91 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PARIS:ESSI) declined 4.62% or 5.05 points to end at 104.30 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was down 4.60% or 0.74 points to 15.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which rose 1.56% to 4.61, Mercialys (PARIS:MERY) which was up 1.17% to settle at 21.14 and Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which gained 0.96% to close at 20.95.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which was down 6.23% to 116.55 in late trade, Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which lost 5.39% to settle at 79.000 and Natixis (PARIS:CNAT) which was down 5.29% to 5.573 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 694 to 119 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN) fell to all time lows; falling 4.64% or 2.72 to 55.91.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 17.43% to 28.15 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.00 to $1159.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.66% or 1.10 to hit $40.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.48% or 1.16 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.10% to 1.1364, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.7239.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.88% at 94.93.