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 lost 1.07%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.86% or 0.92 points to trade at 24.73 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 1.44% or 0.68 points to end at 47.41 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 0.16% or 0.10 points to 61.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 5.08% or 4.12 points to trade at 76.92 in late trade. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) declined 4.12% or 4.80 points to end at 111.60 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 3.82% or 11.65 points to 293.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 3.86% to 24.73, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 2.50% to settle at 48.70 and Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which gained 2.39% to close at 115.65.
The worst performers were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 5.08% to 76.92 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 4.91% to settle at 12.29 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.13% to 11.595 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 169 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.82% to 13.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 9.29 to $1269.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.41% or 0.69 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.01 to trade at $52.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 93.23.