Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.62%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 4.40% or 3.30 points to trade at 78.32 at the close. Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 3.43% or 1.950 points to end at 58.850 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 2.65% or 3.50 points to 135.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 0.90% or 0.20 points to trade at 22.11 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 0.46% or 0.19 points to end at 40.81 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 0.29% or 0.06 points to 20.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 8.48% to 83.800, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.51% to settle at 2.220 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which gained 4.48% to close at 11.65.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.05% to 16.280 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.00% to settle at 21.520 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.08% to 8.064 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 385 to 173 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.76% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.95 to $1347.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.17% or 1.14 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 1.33 to trade at $63.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8896.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 96.468.