Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.00%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.76% or 0.66 points to trade at 24.40 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.55% or 3.35 points to end at 219.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.06% or 0.230 points to 21.945 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which lost 1.68% or 0.250 points to trade at 14.650 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.25% or 0.62 points to end at 48.98 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) shed 0.93% or 0.62 points to 66.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 4.20% to 71.970, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.04% to settle at 5.430 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 2.77% to close at 22.29.
The worst performers were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 1.68% to 14.650 in late trade, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which lost 1.31% to settle at 6.124 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was down 1.25% to 48.98 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 345 to 208 and 118 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.44% to 12.06 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.86% or 10.47 to $1227.77 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.17% or 0.54 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.57 to trade at $48.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.1454, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8759.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 95.04.