Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Media and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.58%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA), which rose 1.66% or 0.055 points to trade at 3.369 at the close. Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) added 0.58% or 0.30 points to end at 52.22 and Cap Gemini SA (PARIS:CAPP) was up 0.36% or 0.32 points to 90.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which lost 5.14% or 0.97 points to trade at 17.89 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) declined 2.52% or 0.20 points to end at 7.86 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) shed 2.46% or 2.30 points to 91.18.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which rose 8.89% to 41.32, Thales (PARIS:TCFP) which was up 7.45% to settle at 61.00 and Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which gained 3.82% to close at 37.735.
The worst performers were SES (PARIS:SESFd) which was down 6.55% to 29.09 in late trade, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which lost 5.14% to settle at 17.89 and Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which was down 4.22% to 35.82 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 479 to 345 and 41 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.84% to 17.74.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.90% or 9.80 to $1084.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.95% or 0.46 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.85 to trade at $54.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0975, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7076.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.40.