Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.47%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 2.50% or 0.134 points to trade at 5.498 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.38% or 0.49 points to end at 35.99 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.72% or 1.75 points to 243.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 1.82% or 1.34 points to trade at 72.38 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 1.55% or 0.320 points to end at 20.300 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 1.53% or 0.49 points to 31.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 2.51% to 27.380, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was up 2.50% to settle at 5.498 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.38% to close at 22.7700.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 2.99% to 35.35 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 2.55% to settle at 78.81 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 1.93% to 29.51 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 407 to 256 and 109 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.63% to 16.49.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.20 to $1342.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.43% or 1.59 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.13% or 1.49 to trade at $46.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1230, while EUR/GBP rose 1.00% to 0.8660.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.37.