Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 1.91% or 2.65 points to trade at 141.30 at the close. Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) added 1.24% or 1.25 points to end at 101.95 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.16% or 0.56 points to 49.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.84% or 0.584 points to trade at 14.622 in late trade. Worldline SA (PA:WLN) declined 1.90% or 1.000 points to end at 51.500 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 1.74% or 0.24 points to 13.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.44% to 2.440, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 3.44% to settle at 36.080 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which gained 1.91% to close at 141.30.
The worst performers were Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was down 3.99% to 28.38 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 3.84% to settle at 14.622 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.12% to 104.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 318 to 242 and 76 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.78% to 14.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.82% or 10.55 to $1275.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.59 to trade at $72.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1165, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.782.