Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.47%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 2.82% or 1.77 points to trade at 64.58 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 2.06% or 2.35 points to end at 116.55 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.83% or 4.25 points to 236.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.44% or 0.670 points to trade at 18.825 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 1.70% or 0.335 points to end at 19.365 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 0.93% or 0.47 points to 50.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 4.06% to 52.000, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 3.73% to settle at 121.10 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 2.97% to close at 149.05.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.44% to 18.825 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.74% to settle at 5.472 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 2.35% to 43.74 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 229 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.66% to 12.65 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.73% or 9.21 to $1276.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.47 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.44 to trade at $50.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1267, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.72.