Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.11% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 5.51% or 1.046 points to trade at 20.040 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 4.91% or 2.86 points to end at 61.16 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 4.40% or 0.605 points to 14.370 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which lost 0.63% or 0.70 points to trade at 111.15 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.61% or 0.110 points to end at 18.065 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) shed 0.56% or 0.35 points to 62.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 8.38% to 58.20, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was up 8.08% to settle at 23.00 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 6.10% to close at 36.37.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 3.13% to 85.25 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.27% to settle at 116.05 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 1.61% to 14.07 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 192 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.23% to 15.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.32% or 16.95 to $1296.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.00% or 0.53 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.44 to trade at $61.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.88% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 95.597.