Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.05% or 0.49 points to trade at 24.44 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.88% or 0.88 points to end at 47.78 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.11% or 0.150 points to 13.705 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which lost 1.48% or 2.00 points to trade at 133.40 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.19% or 4.60 points to end at 381.90 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) shed 0.87% or 0.84 points to 96.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 6.60% to 62.95, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 6.15% to settle at 4.610 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 2.11% to close at 13.07.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.77% to 30.140 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 2.58% to settle at 42.320 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was down 2.53% to 78.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 347 to 212 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.76% to 12.35 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 5.30 to $1312.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.65% or 1.01 to hit $62.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.91 to trade at $66.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.2280, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 90.26.