Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 4.39% or 0.95 points to trade at 22.61 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.75% or 0.93 points to end at 54.01 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.45% or 0.33 points to 22.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 2.79% or 0.54 points to trade at 18.61 in late trade. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.72% or 1.75 points to end at 99.75 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 1.28% or 0.18 points to 14.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 4.89% to 29.38, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was up 4.39% to settle at 22.61 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 3.82% to close at 68.780.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 18.17% to 20.16 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 4.55% to settle at 199.50 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.06% to 10.975 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 272 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.46% to 13.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.97% or 12.43 to $1290.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.25% or 1.24 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.23 to trade at $62.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.64.