Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.38% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 3.32% or 2.76 points to trade at 85.80 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.10% or 2.34 points to end at 113.70 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.48% or 1.75 points to 120.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 1.66% or 0.64 points to trade at 37.94 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.64% or 0.54 points to end at 32.41 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 0.95% or 1.36 points to 142.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 17.80% to 106.90, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 5.24% to settle at 39.80 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 3.48% to close at 8.315.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 7.98% to 7.14 in late trade, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which lost 5.10% to settle at 49.16 and Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 4.73% to 18.22 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 286 to 285 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.29% to 14.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1332.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $57.29 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $67.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1348, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8681.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.308.