Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 5.58% or 26.70 points to trade at 505.40 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.42% or 4.20 points to end at 300.35 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.25% or 1.25 points to 100.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which lost 3.86% or 1.71 points to trade at 42.50 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.45% or 0.705 points to end at 28.045 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 1.36% or 0.60 points to 43.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 5.58% to 505.40, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 4.48% to settle at 17.500 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 4.42% to close at 15.60.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.04% to 1.379 in late trade, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which lost 3.97% to settle at 25.89 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which was down 3.86% to 42.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 328 to 236 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.59% to 12.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1302.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.61% or 0.40 to hit $65.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.82 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.57.