Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.25% or 1.66 points to trade at 75.41 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.79% or 2.10 points to end at 119.60 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 1.72% or 2.00 points to 118.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 0.50% or 0.60 points to trade at 120.45 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.39% or 0.06 points to end at 13.93 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.34% or 0.065 points to 19.265.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 6.44% to 59.490, Mercialys (PA:MERY) which was up 3.56% to settle at 18.04 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which gained 2.27% to close at 96.08.
The worst performers were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 4.07% to 19.90 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 1.94% to settle at 14.88 and Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was down 1.82% to 10.265 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 229 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.25% to 12.32 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.59% or 7.56 to $1271.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.74% or 0.34 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.42 to trade at $48.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8799.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.24.