Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.88%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.02% or 0.13 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 0.64% or 0.32 points to end at 49.98 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.33% or 0.16 points to 49.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.15% or 1.04 points to trade at 24.02 in late trade. Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) declined 4.11% or 4.50 points to end at 105.10 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 2.93% or 1.84 points to 61.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 5.30% to 12.71, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 3.77% to settle at 70.15 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 2.01% to close at 14.24.
The worst performers were Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 7.04% to 19.16 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 4.73% to settle at 330.00 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 4.45% to 13.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 413 to 166 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.90% to 18.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1243.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.74% or 1.44 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.99% or 1.22 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1305, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.453.