Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.13%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.92% or 2.71 points to trade at 95.53 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 2.48% or 3.05 points to end at 126.20 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 2.47% or 3.25 points to 134.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 6.04% or 1.34 points to trade at 20.86 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 0.39% or 0.17 points to end at 43.62 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 0.18% or 0.20 points to 112.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 12.17% to 19.03, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 5.16% to settle at 11.81 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 4.76% to close at 44.880.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 6.36% to 10.020 in late trade, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which lost 6.04% to settle at 20.86 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.15% to 41.220 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 418 to 184 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.91% to 16.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1356.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.44 to hit $61.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.71 to trade at $65.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2441, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 88.84.