Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.23% to hit a new 6-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.93% or 0.84 points to trade at 22.21 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.81% or 0.425 points to end at 15.560 and Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) was up 1.89% or 1.89 points to 101.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 1.22% or 0.33 points to trade at 26.65 in late trade. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 1.17% or 1.14 points to end at 96.10 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.13% or 0.130 points to 11.340.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 5.77% to 15.21, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.93% to settle at 22.21 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 3.43% to close at 27.16.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.81% to 18.700 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 2.53% to settle at 96.34 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 2.02% to 68.050 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 298 to 283 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.27% to 13.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1296.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.87% or 0.54 to hit $62.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.49 to trade at $69.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.020.