Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 2.30% or 0.275 points to trade at 12.225 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.98% or 0.30 points to end at 15.46 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.78% or 0.485 points to 27.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which lost 0.78% or 0.85 points to trade at 108.15 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.58% or 0.25 points to end at 43.15 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.54% or 0.40 points to 74.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 4.58% to 16.00, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 4.36% to settle at 23.96 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 4.17% to close at 83.65.
The worst performers were Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 2.20% to 53.30 in late trade, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which lost 1.47% to settle at 63.70 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 1.45% to 19.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 334 to 210 and 119 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.12% to 12.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1221.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1568, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8897.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.03.