Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 1.80% or 0.95 points to trade at 53.66 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.77% or 0.34 points to end at 19.58 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.71% or 0.335 points to 19.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.99% or 0.80 points to trade at 26.00 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.64% or 0.82 points to end at 49.34 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 0.91% or 0.78 points to 84.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 3.25% to 190.35, Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was up 3.16% to settle at 135.35 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which gained 2.60% to close at 31.600.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.99% to 26.00 in late trade, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which lost 1.64% to settle at 49.34 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.56% to 5.821 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 323 to 253 and 125 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.04% to 13.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.75% or 9.39 to $1265.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.29% or 0.63 to hit $49.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.47 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.8733.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.40.