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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.79%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which rose 1.60% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (EPA: PUBP ) added 0.95% or 0.94 points to end at 100.40 and Orange SA (EPA: ORAN ) was up 0.68% or 0.07 points to 9.71 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA: PERP ), which fell 3.99% or 4.35 points to trade at 104.75 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) declined 2.42% or 2.06 points to end at 83.18 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA: SGOB ) was down 2.01% or 1.72 points to 84.06.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA: VIRI ) which rose 9.03% to 58.90, Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which was up 4.73% to settle at 2.22 and Forvia (EPA: FRVIA ) which gained 2.61% to close at 8.59.

The worst performers were Nexans SA (EPA: NEXS ) which was down 9.26% to 92.10 in late trade, Mersen (EPA: CBLP ) which lost 5.14% to settle at 19.92 and Remy Cointreau (EPA: RCOP ) which was down 4.83% to 55.20 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 308 to 173 and 103 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.12% or 30.19 to $2,720.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.14% or 2.32 to hit $76.24 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.11% or 2.39 to trade at $79.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 109.54.