Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 12.01% or 1.67 points to trade at 15.57 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 6.09% or 1.63 points to end at 28.41 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 3.34% or 2.82 points to 87.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 7.72% or 38.80 points to trade at 464.00 in late trade. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 3.58% or 4.20 points to end at 113.00 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 3.25% or 1.46 points to 43.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 13.96% to 57.55, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 12.13% to settle at 17.29 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 12.01% to close at 15.57.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 8.55% to 158.40 in late trade, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which lost 7.72% to settle at 464.00 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 7.45% to 27.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 255 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.75% to 11.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1225.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.56% or 0.39 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $74.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1655, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.47.