Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.27% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 2.46% or 4.35 points to trade at 180.95 at the close. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) added 1.47% or 1.50 points to end at 103.50 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.36% or 0.260 points to 19.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.50% or 0.330 points to trade at 21.655 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 0.88% or 0.18 points to end at 20.75 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 0.84% or 0.61 points to 72.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 5.25% to 56.500, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 5.18% to settle at 26.410 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 4.32% to close at 82.320.
The worst performers were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was down 1.50% to 114.65 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 1.50% to settle at 21.655 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 1.30% to 39.47 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 322 to 259 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.16% to 11.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.22 to $1299.02 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1951, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8839.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.