Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 6.43% or 1.51 points to trade at 24.98 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 3.00% or 0.350 points to end at 12.030 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.56% or 0.47 points to 18.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which lost 1.76% or 1.04 points to trade at 58.06 in late trade. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 1.49% or 1.30 points to end at 86.00 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) shed 1.39% or 1.45 points to 102.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 14.14% to 8.800, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 8.21% to settle at 7.38 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which gained 6.43% to close at 24.98.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 12.80% to 0.906 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 7.08% to settle at 16.280 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 4.36% to 35.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 230 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.27% to 20.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.57% or 7.20 to $1260.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.38 to trade at $53.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1391, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 96.297.