Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.12%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which rose 1.07% or 0.21 points to trade at 19.82 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 0.83% or 0.28 points to end at 33.34 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 0.82% or 0.41 points to 49.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klepierre (PA:LOIM), which lost 3.56% or 1.52 points to trade at 41.15 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 3.37% or 1.61 points to end at 46.31 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 3.09% or 0.172 points to 5.395.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 7.66% to 80.53, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 3.15% to settle at 5.242 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 1.84% to close at 22.15.
The worst performers were Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which was down 3.56% to 41.15 in late trade, Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which lost 3.44% to settle at 136.20 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was down 3.37% to 46.31 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 390 to 269 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.16% to 16.54.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.95 to $1335.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.92% or 1.39 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.22% or 1.61 to trade at $48.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1211, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8454.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 95.46.