Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.30% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.02% or 0.77 points to end at 76.50 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.93% or 0.20 points to 21.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.16% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.73 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.17% or 0.17 points to end at 14.33 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 1.08% or 1.25 points to 115.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which rose 2.30% to 19.38, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 1.25% to settle at 24.330 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which gained 1.03% to close at 10.740.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 2.16% to 19.73 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 1.90% to settle at 74.770 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 1.68% to 49.92 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 337 to 237 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.74% to 14.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.04 to $1297.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.9221.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 92.67.