Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.32% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 1.89% or 1.33 points to trade at 71.70 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.76% or 1.95 points to end at 112.45 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.45% or 0.90 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.03% or 0.60 points to trade at 29.00 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.33% or 0.26 points to end at 18.95 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.09% or 2.65 points to 240.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 2.99% to 20.66, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 2.96% to settle at 63.39 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 2.90% to close at 7.74.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 3.74% to 22.29 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 2.28% to settle at 111.40 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 2.23% to 32.850 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 252 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.90% to 10.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 2.25 to $1229.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.79 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $51.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0749, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.07.