Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.89%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 3.02% or 2.35 points to trade at 80.21 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.25% or 1.65 points to end at 74.93 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.19% or 2.35 points to 109.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 3.22% or 0.75 points to trade at 22.55 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.17% or 0.29 points to end at 24.40 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 1.08% or 0.210 points to 19.240.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.05% to 40.37, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.99% to settle at 10.17 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 3.79% to close at 35.85.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 3.22% to 22.55 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 2.66% to settle at 51.26 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 2.00% to 39.28 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 384 to 218 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.76% to 13.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.71 to $1256.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.31 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.42 to trade at $47.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.19.