Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 2.48% or 2.00 points to trade at 82.62 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.33% or 1.50 points to end at 114.65 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.22% or 2.30 points to 190.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 1.57% or 1.46 points to trade at 91.50 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.30% or 0.240 points to end at 18.260 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 0.84% or 3.70 points to 436.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 6.71% to 136.80, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which was up 3.60% to settle at 34.22 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.53% to close at 75.740.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 12.39% to 48.36 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 2.59% to settle at 38.320 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 1.91% to 10.280 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 304 to 239 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.48% to 13.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.54% or 7.30 to $1349.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.70 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.2331, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.49.