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 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 6.65% or 2.05 points to trade at 32.88 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 3.70% or 1.90 points to end at 53.24 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 3.50% or 2.58 points to 76.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which lost 5.04% or 5.75 points to trade at 108.25 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 2.08% or 0.345 points to end at 16.215 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 2.00% or 0.396 points to 19.400.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 14.10% to 26.30, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 7.59% to settle at 117.70 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 7.46% to close at 15.12.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 8.92% to 1.072 in late trade, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which lost 8.51% to settle at 105.30 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 5.68% to 35.53 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 328 to 253 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.64% to 12.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.82% or 10.45 to $1290.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.97% or 2.59 to hit $62.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 4.06% or 3.02 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.648.