Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.28% or 1.35 points to trade at 60.45 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 2.25% or 2.40 points to end at 108.85 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 2.01% or 0.62 points to 31.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.10% or 0.638 points to trade at 19.942 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 3.01% or 1.48 points to end at 47.59 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.79% or 0.57 points to 19.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 12.11% to 75.00, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 4.52% to settle at 86.75 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.15% to close at 66.50.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.07% to 1.293 in late trade, Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which lost 4.15% to settle at 0.554 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.10% to 19.942 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 338 to 237 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.65% to 19.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1223.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.50% or 3.55 to hit $51.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.61% or 3.51 to trade at $59.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8843.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.822.