Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.69% or 0.315 points to trade at 18.905 at the close. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 1.20% or 0.065 points to end at 5.476 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.15% or 1.40 points to 123.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 4.62% or 1.03 points to trade at 21.28 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 4.43% or 2.94 points to end at 63.46 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.70% or 0.65 points to 23.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.07% to 64.900, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.24% to settle at 49.680 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 2.19% to close at 22.41.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 4.62% to 21.28 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which lost 4.43% to settle at 63.46 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.70% to 23.28 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 291 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.71% to 15.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.02% or 12.47 to $1210.83 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.50% or 1.14 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.49% or 1.20 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1402, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.80.