Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.86% or 1.95 points to trade at 106.65 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.74% or 0.31 points to end at 17.79 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.57% or 1.16 points to 74.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 3.75% or 0.91 points to trade at 23.38 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.04% or 0.68 points to end at 65.02 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 0.81% or 0.41 points to 49.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.14% to 25.76, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.76% to settle at 115.90 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which gained 2.88% to close at 83.95.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 3.75% to 23.38 in late trade, Fonciere des Regions (PA:FDR) which lost 2.23% to settle at 87.70 and Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which was down 1.96% to 4.594 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 351 to 242 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.47% to 9.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 9.20 to $1331.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $64.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.21 to trade at $69.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.2132, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 91.06.