Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.57% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.89% or 0.12 points to trade at 13.57 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) fell 0.55% or 0.45 points to end at 81.05 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 0.57% or 0.29 points to 51.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 6.94% or 4.44 points to trade at 59.58 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.41% or 0.65 points to end at 18.40 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 3.09% or 2.09 points to 65.49.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 3.51% to 107.75, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 2.43% to settle at 26.600 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 1.77% to close at 88.21.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was down 7.90% to 61.80 in late trade, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which lost 6.94% to settle at 59.58 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 6.87% to 37.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 426 to 173 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 12.43% to 14.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 6.81 to $1252.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.15 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.