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 0.95%, while the index lost 0.87%.

The best performers of the session on the were Renault SA (PA:), which rose 2.37% or 0.71 points to trade at 30.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:) added 1.14% or 0.17 points to end at 15.54 and Societe Generale SA (PA:) was up 1.11% or 0.29 points to 26.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:), which fell 2.98% or 19.50 points to trade at 633.80 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA(PA:), which declined 2.45%, or 4.26 points, to close at 169.46. Eurofins Scientific SE was down 2.6% or 2.90 to 119.94.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mcphy Energy (PA:) which rose 4.93% to 18.51, Elior Group (PA:) which was up 3.77% to settle at 6.74 and Solutions 30 SE (PA:) which gained 3.75% to close at 9.00.

The worst performers were Valneva (PA:) which was down 5.92% to 13.180 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:) which lost 3.03% to settle at 517.80 and Soitec SA (PA:) which was down 2.99% to 201.40 at the close.

By 331 to 2,256, falling stocks outnumbered the advancing stock on Paris Stock Exchange. 96 were unchanged.

The implied volatility index of CAC 40 options was unchanged at 0% to 18.96, a 6-month high.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.19% to $1753.15 an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.56 percent to reach $73.86/barrel, and November Brent oil, which rose 0.80% or 0.62 at $77.87/barrel.

EUR/USD declined 0.19%, to 1.1714. EUR/GBP climbed 0.10% at 0.8562.

US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.31% to 93.317.