Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.34%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 5.66% or 1.50 points to trade at 28.02 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 3.25% or 1.65 points to end at 52.45 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.08% or 2.05 points to 100.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 1.66% or 0.340 points to trade at 20.160 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 1.26% or 0.235 points to end at 18.455 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 0.20% or 0.10 points to 50.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 5.66% to 28.02, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 5.01% to settle at 53.40 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 4.66% to close at 14.83.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.07% to 113.60 in late trade, Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which lost 1.90% to settle at 56.80 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 1.66% to 20.160 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 343 to 202 and 124 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.35% to 13.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1271.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.56% or 2.99 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.83 to trade at $74.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1649, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.28.