Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.91%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 3.89% or 3.90 points to trade at 104.05 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 2.29% or 1.60 points to end at 71.42 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.18% or 2.14 points to 100.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 0.67% or 0.49 points to trade at 72.83 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 0.67% or 0.170 points to end at 25.110 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 0.57% or 0.12 points to 21.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Safran SA (PA:SAF) which rose 3.89% to 104.05, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 2.71% to settle at 2.126 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.64% to close at 112.70.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 3.87% to 12.420 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 3.78% to settle at 31.540 and Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 3.49% to 17.13 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 227 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.67% to 14.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 3.30 to $1254.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.72 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.53 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.95% to 1.1678, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 94.28.