French shares lost on Friday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 0.36 percent, or 19.31 points, to close at 5,359.90 points.

Of the 40 selected large companies, 30 lost in the day.

French French multinational luxury goods conglomerate group LVMH was down 1.62 percent, the top loser of the blue chips. French multinational corporation COMPAGNIE DE SAINT GOBAIN lost 1.50 percent. UK-based life cycle services company TechnipFMC lost 1.40 percent.

French multinational hotel group Accor rose 1.22 percent, the top gainer of the day. French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi gained 0.68 percent. French multinational energy and automation corporation Schneider Electric went up by 0.50 percent.