Economic and financial figures

Highlights full year

(in millions of euros) full year 2017 full year 2016
Sales revenues 9,940 11,034
EBITDA 803 653
EBIT 42 (260)
Group interest in net profit (loss) (176) (389)
Capital expenditures 377 337
Investments in exploration 80 68
Net invested capital (A+B) 6,319 7,327
Net financial debt (A) (1) 116 1,062
Total shareholders' equity (B) 6,203 6,265
Debt/Equity (A/B) 0.02 0.17
Gearing (A/(A+B) 1.8% 14%
Number of employees (2) 5,144 4,949

(1) A breakdown of this item is provided in the “Net Financial Debt” section of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2) Year-end data for companies consolidated line by line.