Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.34% or 0.440 points to trade at 19.220 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.54% or 4.35 points to end at 287.60 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) was up 1.12% or 5.80 points to 525.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which lost 1.56% or 1.65 points to trade at 104.15 in late trade. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.38% or 1.04 points to end at 74.45 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 0.76% or 0.41 points to 53.31.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 6.23% to 121.10, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 5.11% to settle at 15.63 and Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which gained 4.91% to close at 67.35.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 5.73% to 47.06 in late trade, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which lost 5.23% to settle at 77.050 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.93% to 1.062 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 276 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.75% to 13.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1255.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.19 to trade at $77.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.81.