Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.75% or 0.55 points to trade at 73.71 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.50% or 0.13 points to end at 26.39 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.23% or 0.25 points to 110.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 4.91% or 0.930 points to trade at 18.030 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 2.99% or 1.62 points to end at 52.56 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 2.86% or 0.785 points to 26.680.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 1.58% to 32.060, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 1.31% to settle at 124.10 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 1.18% to close at 8.580.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.30% to 66.950 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 4.91% to settle at 18.030 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 4.23% to 82.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 385 to 182 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.99% to 13.75 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1220.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.86 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.87 to trade at $72.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.1414, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 96.12.