France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.14%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA: RENA ), which rose 3.93% or 3.40 points to trade at 90.00 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA: STM ) added 2.72% or 0.555 points to end at 20.980 and Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) was up 2.11% or 8.35 points to 404.35 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA: SOGN ), which lost 4.09% or 1.95 points to trade at 45.70 in late trade. AXA SA (PA: AXAF ) declined 2.77% or 0.72 points to end at 25.48 and Credit Agricole SA (PA: CAGR ) shed 1.40% or 0.210 points to 14.800.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PA: RENA ) which rose 3.93% to 90.00, Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which was up 3.27% to settle at 5.059 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA: MDM ) which gained 3.18% to close at 36.980.

The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA: AIRF ) which was down 7.47% to 12.885 in late trade, Societe Generale (PA: SOGN ) which lost 4.09% to settle at 45.70 and ALD International SA (PA: ALDA ) which was down 3.68% to 11.93 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 264 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.83% to 11.01.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.71% or 9.10 to $1269.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.41% or 0.77 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 1.05 to trade at $61.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1608, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8884.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.87.