France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.17%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities , Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.22%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ), which rose 3.09% or 0.65 points to trade at 21.67 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) added 1.49% or 0.78 points to end at 52.98 and Dassault Systemes (PA: DAST ) was up 1.30% or 1.40 points to 108.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which lost 2.11% or 0.53 points to trade at 24.62 in late trade. Sodexo (PA: EXHO ) declined 1.68% or 1.56 points to end at 91.50 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) shed 1.18% or 0.145 points to 12.195.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which rose 5.67% to 1.285, SES (PA: SESFd ) which was up 3.15% to settle at 18.49 and Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) which gained 3.09% to close at 21.67.

The worst performers were Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which was down 32.17% to 2.610 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA: SOIT ) which lost 5.16% to settle at 52.400 and Elis Services SA (PA: ELIS ) which was down 3.74% to 17.23 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 360 to 220 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.27% to 19.35.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.95% or 23.40 to $1222.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.23 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.18 to trade at $66.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.1417, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8889.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 96.29.