Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.37% or 0.270 points to trade at 20.030 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.93% or 0.40 points to end at 42.94 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.89% or 0.84 points to 95.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which lost 5.61% or 1.22 points to trade at 20.43 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.79% or 0.72 points to end at 39.44 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 1.17% or 0.06 points to 4.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 4.26% to 70.31, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.11% to settle at 3.78 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which gained 1.37% to close at 20.030.
The worst performers were AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was down 5.61% to 20.43 in late trade, Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which lost 5.59% to settle at 21.88 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 3.87% to 114.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 365 to 262 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.61% to 23.43.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.84% or 23.35 to $1295.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.48 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.57 to trade at $45.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1427, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7907.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.