Shares on the Paris exchange finished the session in positive territory on Friday as gains in the basic materials, financials and consumer services sectors supported a modest advance.
At the close, the CAC 40 had risen 0.15% and the broader SBF 120 had gained 0.13%.
The session's largest mover on the CAC 40 was ArcelorMittal SA, which climbed 6.42% - a rise of 3.50 points - to finish at 58.02. Stellantis NV added 3.64%, or 0.17 points, closing at 4.84, and Renault SA increased 2.06%, or 0.52 points, to 25.81 in late trade.
On the downside, Thales fell 1.54%, down 3.50 points to 223.30 at the close. Safran SA slipped 1.15%, a loss of 3.90 points to end at 336.10, while STMicroelectronics NV retreated 1.08%, or 0.68 points, to 62.00.
Within the SBF 120, ArcelorMittal again led gains, up 6.42% to 58.02. Aperam SA rose 4.31% to settle at 45.00, and Teleperformance SE gained 3.70% to close at 52.12. The laggards in the SBF 120 were Soitec SA, down 5.86% to 98.00, Valneva which lost 4.72% to 2.18, and Ipsen SA, which declined 3.61% to 162.70 at the close.
Market breadth in Paris was tilted toward declines: falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 230 to 216, with 86 issues unchanged.
Shares of Valneva reached a 52-week low during the session, falling 4.72% or 0.11 to 2.18.
The CAC 40 VIX, the measure of implied volatility for options on the index, was unchanged on the day at 18.96, and this level represented a new 52-week high.
Commodities trading showed mixed movement. Gold futures for August delivery were lower by 0.51%, a decline of 21.05 to $4,119.75 per troy ounce. In energy markets, crude oil for August delivery dropped 1.10%, or 0.79, to $71.29 a barrel, and the September Brent contract fell 0.72%, or 0.55, to $75.75 a barrel.
In foreign exchange markets, the euro was effectively unchanged versus major peers: EUR/USD was flat at 1.14 with a change of 0.06%, and EUR/GBP moved 0.04% to 0.85. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 100.57.
This session's trading left the main Paris benchmarks marginally higher while highlighting divergent performances at the single-stock level. Basic materials and select consumer-related and financial names were among the strongest performers, while several industrials and technology-related stocks registered declines.