Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.70%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 1.61% or 2.32 points to trade at 146.64 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.04% or 0.14 points to end at 13.56 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.44% or 1.00 points to 229.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which lost 6.30% or 6.85 points to trade at 101.80 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.47% or 0.672 points to end at 18.710 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.93% or 0.56 points to 18.73.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which rose 4.12% to 23.76, Covivio SA (PA:FDR) which was up 2.26% to settle at 90.40 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which gained 1.72% to close at 13.01.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.59% to 1.485 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 6.47% to settle at 2.153 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which was down 6.30% to 101.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 369 to 183 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.54% to 14.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.05% or 13.55 to $1299.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.01% or 0.57 to hit $56.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.52 to trade at $65.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.8643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 97.262.