Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which rose 1.12% or 0.56 points to trade at 50.38 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.07% or 1.55 points to end at 146.50 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 1.00% or 0.41 points to 41.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which lost 5.64% or 0.543 points to trade at 9.092 in late trade. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.64% or 1.40 points to end at 83.94 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.34% or 1.28 points to 93.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 2.09% to 13.425, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 1.45% to settle at 46.99 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 1.39% to close at 32.490.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 13.46% to 19.23 in late trade, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which lost 6.14% to settle at 4.460 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 5.64% to 9.092 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 380 to 282 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.06% to 19.04 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.61% or 7.40 to $1213.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.38 to trade at $49.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1135, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.7611.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 95.52.