Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which rose 1.67% or 1.75 points to trade at 106.40 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.13% or 0.14 points to end at 12.96 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.57% or 0.27 points to 47.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 3.22% or 0.470 points to trade at 14.140 in late trade. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 2.70% or 2.70 points to end at 97.16 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 2.38% or 0.356 points to 14.572.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 2.34% to 49.00, Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which was up 2.01% to settle at 19.78 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 1.86% to close at 15.33.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 6.13% to 64.300 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 3.97% to settle at 101.50 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 3.68% to 102.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 330 to 229 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.73% to 14.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.54% or 7.25 to $1350.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.88% or 0.46 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.79 to trade at $62.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.1208, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8899.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 97.535.