Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.63%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 2.88% or 1.09 points to trade at 39.15 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 1.82% or 0.41 points to end at 23.16 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.68% or 0.51 points to 30.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 2.29% or 0.173 points to trade at 7.371 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 0.59% or 0.32 points to end at 53.97 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 0.45% or 0.35 points to 77.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 2.94% to 16.12, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was up 2.88% to settle at 39.15 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.76% to close at 39.64.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.57% to 62.140 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which lost 2.29% to settle at 7.371 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.78% to 4.860 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 370 to 239 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.80% to 14.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 1.85 to $1221.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.56% or 0.30 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.38 to trade at $56.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 99.63.