Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.05% or 0.505 points to trade at 25.175 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.68% or 0.250 points to end at 15.160 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.34% or 0.65 points to 48.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 3.29% or 1.42 points to trade at 41.58 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.19% or 0.47 points to end at 20.82 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.06% or 0.44 points to 20.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 3.23% to 6.837, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 2.79% to settle at 36.47 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.31% to close at 82.050.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 3.29% to 41.58 in late trade, ALD International SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 2.76% to settle at 12.69 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.19% to 20.82 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 288 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.72% to 11.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.04 to $1281.96 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.