Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Transportation, Banking and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.55%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor (PARIS:ACCP), which rose 1.03% or 0.51 points to trade at 49.40 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 0.12% or 0.02 points to end at 16.45 and Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) was down 0.03% or 0.005 points to 18.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which lost 3.13% or 0.29 points to trade at 8.91 in late trade. Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) declined 2.83% or 0.390 points to end at 13.400 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) shed 2.80% or 1.79 points to 62.18.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 9.18% to 42.925, Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) which was up 1.68% to settle at 45.45 and Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which gained 1.26% to close at 24.84.
The worst performers were Teleperformance (PARIS:ROCH) which was down 7.21% to 62.26 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which lost 3.69% to settle at 8.509 and Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which was down 3.58% to 38.39 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 716 to 191 and 49 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 19.24% to 22.33 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.10 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.40 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.20 to trade at $64.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.7218.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.78.