Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 2.69% or 0.92 points to trade at 34.98 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.14% or 0.49 points to end at 23.61 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 2.13% or 0.97 points to 46.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which lost 1.37% or 1.07 points to trade at 76.87 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.07% or 1.10 points to end at 102.05 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 0.78% or 0.85 points to 107.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 7.83% to 10.6100, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 3.51% to settle at 27.440 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 3.41% to close at 6.797.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.15% to 13.645 in late trade, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which lost 1.94% to settle at 116.05 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 1.84% to 53.39 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 288 and 109 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.87% to 14.44.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.25 to $1204.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.53% or 1.32 to hit $53.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.57% or 1.39 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 101.00.