Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The Paris closing bell saw the index fall 0.44% while it fell by 0.44%.

Eurofins Scientific SE, (PA:), rose 1.69 points or 1.69% to close at 104.92. Veolia Environnement VE SA, (PA:), added 1.51% to trade at 104.92. Thales In late trade, the (PA:), was up 1.6% (0.84 points) to 73.24

These were the worst performers of the session. Safran SA (PA:) fell 3.41 percent or 3.48 point to close at 98.66. Airbus Group SE, (PA:), declined 2.55 points or 2.52% to finish at 98.55. WFD Unibail Rodriguez NV (AS) fell 1.74% to 58.14.

Solutions 30 SE (PA) rose 7.1% to 6.78 and Dassault Aviation SA(PA:), which rose 6.48% to settle in at 89.60. Vallourec (PA:), which increased 4.28% to close near 7.910.

These were the worst performers Valneva (PA) was at a loss of 14.48% and 23.620 by late trade Amundi SA (PA): The PA lost 4.02% and settled at 70.40 Mcphy Energy (PA): The close was down by 3.63% at 21.80

By 383 to 234 points, falling stocks outnumbered advancing stock on the Paris Stock Exchange. 80 was left unchanged.

Safran SA’s shares fell to 52 week lows (PA.:) – falling 3.41% or 3.48 compared to 98.66.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time high of 6-months.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was at $1781.90 per troy ounce, an increase of 1.09%. In commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery rose by 1.20%, or 0.80, to reach $67.30 per barrel. Meanwhile, the February Brent oil contract rose 1.75 percent or 1.22, to trade at $70.89 per barrel.

EUR/USD rose 0.9% to 1.1309 while EUR/GBP rose by 0.68%, to 0.8546.

At 96.157, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.00%.