Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.91% or 0.500 points to trade at 17.655 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 2.52% or 2.85 points to end at 116.10 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.23% or 1.35 points to 62.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danone SA (PA:DANO), which lost 2.45% or 1.56 points to trade at 62.15 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.19% or 2.55 points to end at 114.05 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.11% or 0.64 points to 29.48.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which rose 2.91% to 17.655, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which was up 2.52% to settle at 116.10 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which gained 2.23% to close at 62.00.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 4.20% to 36.070 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.97% to settle at 29.390 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 2.72% to 17.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 370 to 240 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.99% to 28.15 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.72% or 1.38 to hit $49.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 1.28 to trade at $51.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.0686, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.90.