Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 1.83% or 1.08 points to trade at 60.04 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.52% or 1.60 points to end at 106.55 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.09% or 0.12 points to 11.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PA:TECF), which lost 3.18% or 2.10 points to trade at 63.96 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.93% or 0.97 points to end at 49.41 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 0.96% or 0.14 points to 13.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which rose 3.12% to 77.75, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 2.58% to settle at 14.70 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 2.51% to close at 20.01.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.46% to 11.9800 in late trade, Technip (PA:TECF) which lost 3.18% to settle at 63.96 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was down 1.93% to 49.41 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 330 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.07% to 19.17.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.20 to $1180.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.21% or 1.54 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.98% or 1.46 to trade at $47.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.