Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.82% or 0.795 points to trade at 29.020 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.78% or 0.74 points to end at 42.24 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.66% or 0.45 points to 27.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 5.17% or 2.32 points to trade at 42.58 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.28% or 0.81 points to end at 62.59 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 0.45% or 0.50 points to 110.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 6.36% to 35.100, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.39% to settle at 155.60 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 3.15% to close at 14.39.
The worst performers were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which was down 5.17% to 42.58 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 2.86% to settle at 8.096 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.66% to 4.871 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 289 to 265 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.61% to 12.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1312.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.97% or 1.35 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 1.23 to trade at $74.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1944, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.50.