Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.49%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 5.42% or 2.29 points to trade at 44.47 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 4.14% or 0.53 points to end at 13.21 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 3.92% or 2.91 points to 77.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 0.30% or 0.22 points to trade at 72.53 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 67.23 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) gained 0.16% or 0.008 points to 4.923.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which rose 5.42% to 44.47, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 4.60% to settle at 21.165 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 4.14% to close at 13.21.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 3.00% to 53.99 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 1.46% to settle at 45.12 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 0.74% to 134.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 446 to 199 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.21% to 18.32.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.71% or 23.45 to $1343.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.83% or 0.35 to hit $41.58 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.34 to trade at $43.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1084, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8481.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 96.22.