Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.33% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi (PARIS:VIV), which rose 0.81% or 0.19 points to trade at 23.55 at the close. Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) added 0.34% or 0.14 points to end at 42.59 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was up 0.12% or 0.06 points to 45.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which lost 2.75% or 6.35 points to trade at 224.70 in late trade. Safran (PARIS:SAF) declined 2.22% or 1.40 points to end at 61.72 and Sanofi (PARIS:SASY) shed 2.21% or 2.01 points to 89.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which rose 1.45% to 69.450, Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was up 1.26% to settle at 74.73 and Rubis (PARIS:RUBF) which gained 0.88% to close at 63.00.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which was down 3.21% to 22.59 in late trade, Havas (PARIS:HAVA) which lost 3.15% to settle at 7.370 and Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 3.09% to 36.900 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 665 to 226 and 56 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.23% to 24.28 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.62% or 7.30 to $1167.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $57.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.35 to trade at $61.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.18% to 1.1105, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7275.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.04% at 96.49.