Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.29% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.21% or 0.190 points to trade at 4.700 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 2.08% or 0.28 points to end at 14.00 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 1.64% or 1.70 points to 105.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 2.12% or 1.61 points to trade at 74.39 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.20% or 0.74 points to end at 60.96 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 1.15% or 0.55 points to 46.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 7.76% to 14.5800, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 5.93% to settle at 5.484 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 5.88% to close at 26.835.
The worst performers were Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 4.21% to 17.05 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.39% to settle at 20.41 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 2.12% to 74.39 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 263 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.73% to 15.01.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.87% or 9.85 to $1139.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.39% or 0.71 to hit $51.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.74% or 0.94 to trade at $54.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0459, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 102.72.