Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverages, Leisure Goods and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.55%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE), which rose 3.05% or 0.535 points to trade at 18.070 at the close. Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) added 2.36% or 2.55 points to end at 110.45 and Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) was up 2.02% or 1.52 points to 76.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which lost 4.29% or 0.40 points to trade at 8.81 in late trade. Technip (PARIS:TECF) declined 2.27% or 1.33 points to end at 57.26 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) shed 1.59% or 0.055 points to 3.407.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe Eurotunnel (PARIS:GETP) which rose 4.38% to 13.105, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was up 3.67% to settle at 11.43 and Natixis (PARIS:CNAT) which gained 3.07% to close at 6.851.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 44.33% to 28.310 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which lost 9.80% to settle at 8.010 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) which was down 4.29% to 8.81 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 446 and 45 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.59% to 19.21 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1199.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.07% or 1.58 to hit $49.85 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.53% or 1.50 to trade at $57.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0906, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7330.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.51.