Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Construction & Materials and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.41%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering (PARIS:PRTP), which rose 0.53% or 0.85 points to trade at 159.90 at the close. Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) added 0.02% or 0.01 points to end at 26.40 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was down 0.03% or 0.01 points to 18.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which lost 2.39% or 5.55 points to trade at 227.10 in late trade. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) declined 2.05% or 0.36 points to end at 17.16 and Air Liquide (PARIS:AIRP) shed 1.96% or 2.30 points to 114.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which rose 0.71% to 41.74, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was up 0.56% to settle at 36.22 and Kering (PARIS:PRTP) which gained 0.53% to close at 159.90.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PARIS:ZODC) which was down 5.36% to 31.00 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 5.05% to settle at 0.357 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was down 4.08% to 68.100 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 678 to 221 and 60 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.79% to 24.89.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1179.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.91% or 0.55 to hit $60.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.65 to trade at $64.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1279, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7251.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.84.