Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 0.61% or 0.26 points to trade at 43.00 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 0.39% or 0.18 points to end at 47.04 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 0.29% or 0.24 points to 83.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 1.46% or 0.270 points to trade at 18.205 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.20% or 1.45 points to end at 119.55 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.11% or 0.29 points to 25.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 3.18% to 37.750, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.26% to settle at 17.23 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.64% to close at 10.25.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 2.24% to 65.79 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.24% to settle at 99.57 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 1.63% to 64.140 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 322 to 297 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.78% to 12.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 9.80 to $1307.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.92% or 0.55 to hit $60.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.72 to trade at $66.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2023, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 91.81.