Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.27% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.95% or 4.80 points to trade at 251.20 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.25% or 0.90 points to end at 72.83 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 1.20% or 1.30 points to 109.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.80% or 0.60 points to trade at 21.04 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 0.72% or 0.056 points to end at 7.734 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.66% or 0.56 points to 84.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which rose 2.66% to 14.675, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 2.36% to settle at 28.660 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 2.17% to close at 40.73.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 2.80% to 21.04 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 2.03% to settle at 47.53 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.93% to 6.950 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 280 and 120 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.98% to 20.58 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 13.55 to $1266.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.53 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.39 to trade at $55.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0609, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.87.