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 0.68%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 3.84% or 1.22 points to trade at 32.99 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 2.40% or 1.70 points to end at 72.68 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.78% or 0.66 points to 37.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which lost 1.26% or 0.25 points to trade at 19.72 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.20% or 0.145 points to end at 11.965 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 1.08% or 0.20 points to 17.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 4.68% to 11.19, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 4.03% to settle at 124.05 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 3.84% to close at 32.99.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.03% to 17.610 in late trade, Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which lost 3.36% to settle at 1266.00 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 3.23% to 11.98 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 315 to 275 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 13.32% to 20.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 7.30 to $1250.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.21% or 2.17 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.61% or 2.77 to trade at $62.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.735.