France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.20%

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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.20%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which rose 1.72% or 2.16 points to trade at 127.16 at the close. Societe Generale (PA: SOGN ) added 1.53% or 0.66 points to end at 43.51 and Credit Agricole SA (PA: CAGR ) was up 1.44% or 0.200 points to 14.125 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which lost 2.54% or 0.58 points to trade at 22.49 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA: SGOB ) declined 0.89% or 0.43 points to end at 48.68 and Engie SA (PA: ENGIE ) shed 0.38% or 0.06 points to 14.46.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA: GTT ) which rose 1.78% to 45.85, Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) which was up 1.72% to settle at 127.16 and Nexity (PA: NEXI ) which gained 1.57% to close at 50.49.

The worst performers were Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which was down 2.64% to 22.500 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) which lost 2.54% to settle at 22.49 and Neopost (PA: NPOS ) which was down 1.93% to 27.49 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 306 to 284 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.96% to 11.65.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.48 to $1287.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $58.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $63.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8951.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.

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