Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 3.69% or 3.05 points to trade at 85.61 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.03% or 0.144 points to end at 7.243 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.99% or 0.38 points to 19.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 2.34% or 0.34 points to trade at 14.20 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.99% or 0.37 points to end at 18.21 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.59% or 0.45 points to 27.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which rose 7.75% to 115.35, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 7.70% to settle at 51.05 and Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which gained 6.88% to close at 22.29.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 7.18% to 51.42 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.88% to settle at 20.07 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 3.23% to 103.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 331 to 296 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.18% to 18.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1267.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.0896, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.89.