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 gained 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which rose 3.96% or 4.20 points to trade at 110.20 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 2.37% or 2.55 points to end at 109.95 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 2.05% or 2.10 points to 104.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.68% or 0.448 points to trade at 16.240 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 2.45% or 0.88 points to end at 35.08 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 1.13% or 1.66 points to 144.94.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 12.20% to 18.300, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 4.42% to settle at 106.20 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which gained 3.96% to close at 110.20.
The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 9.73% to 153.00 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 3.36% to settle at 16.100 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 2.68% to 16.240 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 250 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.45% to 17.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.65 to $1288.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $61.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.50 to trade at $70.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1237, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.058.