Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 2.82%, while the SBF 120 index declined 2.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.10% or 0.01 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Klepierre (PA:LOIM) fell 0.18% or 0.07 points to end at 41.08 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was down 0.45% or 0.23 points to 49.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 5.36% or 4.08 points to trade at 72.11 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 4.63% or 4.43 points to end at 91.15 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 4.51% or 3.98 points to 84.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 17.82% to 5.990, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was up 10.13% to settle at 97.87 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.16% to close at 13.23.
The worst performers were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 5.36% to 72.11 in late trade, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which lost 5.14% to settle at 56.80 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 4.74% to 5.364 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 452 to 233 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.19% to 22.65.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 2.27% or 28.80 to $1295.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.49 to trade at $47.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1440, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.7823.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 93.14.