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 lost 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.22% or 2.45 points to trade at 112.95 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 2.01% or 1.35 points to end at 68.68 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 1.62% or 2.35 points to 147.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 4.20% or 1.16 points to trade at 26.44 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.58% or 1.040 points to end at 28.005 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.98% or 0.89 points to 44.08.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which rose 5.79% to 147.90, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 3.38% to settle at 55.000 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 2.78% to close at 81.300.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.35% to 5.276 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 4.20% to settle at 26.44 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 4.11% to 121.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 344 to 243 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.66% to 11.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.12% or 27.70 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.29% or 2.20 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.44% or 2.61 to trade at $73.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1607, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8743.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.80.