Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.89% or 0.170 points to trade at 19.330 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 0.55% or 0.12 points to end at 22.00 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 0.45% or 0.09 points to 19.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.87% or 0.95 points to trade at 23.62 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.15% or 0.560 points to end at 25.535 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) shed 1.43% or 0.90 points to 62.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 2.87% to 52.05, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.75% to settle at 17.40 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.63% to close at 13.65.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 5.73% to 21.70 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.87% to settle at 23.62 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 3.38% to 26.88 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 275 to 256 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.64% to 16.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.50 to $1335.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.89% or 1.20 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.97 to trade at $67.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.2270, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.88.