Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 3.98% or 17.10 points to trade at 447.20 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.80% or 0.42 points to end at 15.61 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.60% or 0.56 points to 35.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which lost 4.92% or 3.34 points to trade at 64.50 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 2.36% or 2.08 points to end at 86.16 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) shed 1.65% or 1.04 points to 62.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 3.98% to 447.20, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 3.26% to settle at 8.540 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 2.80% to close at 15.61.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 5.77% to 8.000 in late trade, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) which lost 4.92% to settle at 64.50 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which was down 3.40% to 13.06 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 242 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.79% to 15.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.30 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.52 to hit $67.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.33 to trade at $76.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1557, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8942.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.36.