France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.35%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ), which rose 0.89% or 0.170 points to trade at 19.330 at the close. AXA SA (PA: AXAF ) added 0.55% or 0.12 points to end at 22.00 and Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) was up 0.45% or 0.09 points to 19.99 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which lost 3.87% or 0.95 points to trade at 23.62 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) declined 2.15% or 0.560 points to end at 25.535 and Legrand SA (PA: LEGD ) shed 1.43% or 0.90 points to 62.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA: GTT ) which rose 2.87% to 52.05, Eutelsat Communications (PA: ETL ) which was up 2.75% to settle at 17.40 and ALD SA (PA: ALDA ) which gained 2.63% to close at 13.65.

The worst performers were Neopost (PA: NPOS ) which was down 5.73% to 21.70 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) which lost 3.87% to settle at 23.62 and Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which was down 3.38% to 26.88 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 275 to 256 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.64% to 16.47.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.50 to $1335.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.89% or 1.20 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.97 to trade at $67.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.2270, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8710.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.88.