Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.33% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.301 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 3.71% or 1.43 points to end at 40.01 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.69% or 0.81 points to 30.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which lost 0.79% or 0.33 points to trade at 41.50 in late trade. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 0.29% or 0.45 points to end at 154.70 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.17% or 0.13 points to 74.57.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which rose 8.36% to 2.98, CGG (PA:GEPH) which was up 8.20% to settle at 0.66 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 5.78% to close at 10.17.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 1.07% to 12.000 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 1.05% to settle at 5.094 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 0.83% to 28.040 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 451 to 212 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.54% to 22.78.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.41% or 5.10 to $1242.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.55% or 2.44 to hit $39.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.24% or 2.46 to trade at $41.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8079.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 94.18.