Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 5.80% or 1.39 points to trade at 25.36 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 1.40% or 0.93 points to end at 67.50 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.38% or 5.30 points to 388.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 1.22% or 0.68 points to trade at 54.94 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 1.04% or 2.00 points to end at 190.75 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 0.91% or 0.87 points to 94.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 5.80% to 25.36, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 4.29% to settle at 29.66 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which gained 2.76% to close at 67.10.
The worst performers were Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which was down 7.32% to 22.30 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 6.26% to settle at 20.060 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.45% to 30.920 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 333 to 246 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.28% to 13.30 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.23% or 3.00 to $1324.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.76% or 1.66 to hit $61.78 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.47% or 1.57 to trade at $65.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2323, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.02.