Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.04%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.76% or 0.42 points to trade at 24.34 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.50% or 0.63 points to end at 42.77 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.08% or 0.19 points to 17.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 3.49% or 0.665 points to trade at 18.375 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 2.75% or 1.68 points to end at 59.31 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 2.55% or 2.18 points to 83.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 3.89% to 91.850, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 2.51% to settle at 45.81 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 1.85% to close at 3.134.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.11% to 60.937 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 3.49% to settle at 18.375 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 3.04% to 27.13 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 398 to 202 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 22.39% to 14.72 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 12.03 to $1285.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.78% or 1.02 to hit $58.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.82% or 1.14 to trade at $63.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1913, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.69.