Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which rose 1.68% or 2.40 points to trade at 145.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.58% or 0.320 points to end at 20.520 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.29% or 1.10 points to 86.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.06% or 0.83 points to trade at 26.30 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.78% or 0.29 points to end at 15.99 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 1.50% or 0.67 points to 44.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.98% to 24.10, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 5.40% to settle at 74.20 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 4.31% to close at 78.700.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.92% to 5.406 in late trade, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which lost 3.89% to settle at 150.80 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.42% to 11.59 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 296 to 272 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.06% to 14.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.37% or 3.09 to hit $67.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.44% or 2.71 to trade at $76.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.