Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 1.22% or 0.52 points to trade at 42.89 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.68% or 0.58 points to end at 86.26 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 0.50% or 0.37 points to 74.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which lost 1.62% or 3.80 points to trade at 230.40 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.50% or 0.75 points to end at 49.22 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.40% or 0.33 points to 23.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 4.83% to 13.240, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 3.97% to settle at 81.190 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 2.34% to close at 63.100.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 2.13% to 78.17 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 1.87% to settle at 4.778 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 1.70% to 135.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 326 to 268 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.97% to 11.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.40 to $1275.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.93% or 1.49 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.48 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1726, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.72.