France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.13%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.15%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA: SGEF ), which rose 1.45% or 1.24 points to trade at 86.94 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ) added 1.37% or 0.270 points to end at 19.950 and Sodexo (PA: EXHO ) was up 1.28% or 1.06 points to 83.96 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ), which lost 1.91% or 0.390 points to trade at 20.040 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA: BOUY ) declined 1.73% or 0.71 points to end at 40.70 and Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) shed 1.64% or 0.38 points to 22.82.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which rose 5.28% to 1.516, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which was up 4.47% to settle at 88.340 and Groupe FNAC (PA: FNAC ) which gained 3.60% to close at 96.400.

The worst performers were Aeroports De Paris SA (PA: ADP ) which was down 5.00% to 176.23 in late trade, Iliad (PA: ILD ) which lost 4.57% to settle at 130.65 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA: EUCAR ) which was down 3.00% to 9.38 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 331 to 255 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.65% to 13.13.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1291.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8741.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.48.