Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PARIS:SAF), which rose 2.37% or 1.64 points to trade at 70.88 at the close. Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) added 1.18% or 0.97 points to end at 83.25 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) was up 0.84% or 2.05 points to 246.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF), which lost 2.33% or 0.49 points to trade at 20.79 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN) declined 1.99% or 1.22 points to end at 60.14 and Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) shed 1.77% or 1.69 points to 94.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which rose 5.63% to 127.60, Klepierre (PARIS:LOIM) which was up 3.25% to settle at 42.58 and Safran SA (PARIS:SAF) which gained 2.37% to close at 70.88.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 2.76% to 12.53 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF) which lost 2.33% to settle at 20.79 and Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was down 2.17% to 0.360 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 427 to 376 and 57 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.32% to 21.87.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.20 to $1113.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.35 to hit $42.58 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.38 to trade at $49.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1125, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.7110.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.51.