Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.70%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Klepierre (PA:LOIM), which rose 1.65% or 0.57 points to trade at 35.12 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) added 1.00% or 0.66 points to end at 66.91 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.88% or 1.80 points to 205.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 2.34% or 1.31 points to trade at 54.59 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.06% or 0.37 points to end at 17.62 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 1.94% or 0.62 points to 31.57.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which rose 2.68% to 4.220, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which was up 1.65% to settle at 35.12 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 1.44% to close at 14.1100.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 6.17% to 26.62 in late trade, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which lost 3.72% to settle at 19.16 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 3.50% to 22.590 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 438 to 250 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.92% to 21.07.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.79% or 9.25 to $1178.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.8421.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.