Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 2.59% or 0.440 points to trade at 17.425 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.39% or 0.610 points to end at 26.185 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.49% or 1.50 points to 102.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 0.47% or 0.11 points to trade at 23.38 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.42% or 0.06 points to end at 13.06 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.41% or 0.075 points to 18.095.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 3.30% to 16.580, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 2.59% to settle at 17.425 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 2.39% to close at 26.185.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.51% to 1.126 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 2.64% to settle at 2.290 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.43% to 122.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 280 to 255 and 134 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.67% to 12.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.65% or 19.70 to $1213.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.77% or 1.20 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.41 to trade at $76.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1627, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.02.