Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.80%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 2.70% or 2.31 points to trade at 87.88 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.67% or 0.149 points to end at 5.722 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.97% or 0.84 points to 43.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 1.73% or 0.30 points to trade at 17.27 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 0.36% or 0.89 points to end at 244.96 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) shed 0.26% or 0.11 points to 42.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 6.51% to 62.00, Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was up 2.98% to settle at 4.150 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) which gained 2.70% to close at 87.88.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 2.08% to 24.720 in late trade, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which lost 1.73% to settle at 17.27 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 1.66% to 16.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 245 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.61% to 18.63.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.90 to $1326.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.16 to trade at $49.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1230, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 95.19.