Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.41% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 0.32% or 0.55 points to trade at 172.35 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 127.40 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.19% or 0.20 points to 106.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.48% or 0.85 points to trade at 23.60 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 3.35% or 2.70 points to end at 77.88 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 2.61% or 1.70 points to 63.39.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 6.57% to 31.16, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 1.94% to settle at 19.450 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 1.66% to close at 89.52.
The worst performers were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 5.78% to 67.44 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 4.26% to settle at 34.160 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.99% to 105.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 489 to 142 and 59 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.60% to 27.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1318.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.03% or 1.85 to hit $59.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.79% or 1.81 to trade at $63.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2217, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 90.41.