Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which rose 1.94% or 0.44 points to trade at 23.07 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.15% or 4.05 points to end at 355.05 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 1.13% or 0.32 points to 28.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 27.05% or 25.20 points to trade at 67.96 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.89% or 2.90 points to end at 150.90 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) shed 1.24% or 0.17 points to 13.93.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 3.76% to 1.600, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was up 1.94% to settle at 23.07 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which gained 1.72% to close at 17.780.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 27.05% to 67.96 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 5.47% to settle at 9.670 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 4.27% to 12.56 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 296 to 266 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.24% to 13.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.81% or 10.35 to $1282.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.66% or 0.41 to hit $62.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.47 to trade at $71.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1196, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.8516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.278.