Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 2.49% or 1.22 points to trade at 50.02 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.39% or 1.50 points to end at 64.28 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.04% or 1.31 points to 65.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 0.37% or 0.85 points to trade at 229.80 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 0.34% or 0.21 points to end at 61.10 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 0.33% or 0.25 points to 76.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 5.20% to 36.95, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 3.60% to settle at 46.100 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 3.20% to close at 9.23.
The worst performers were Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 0.97% to 224.90 in late trade, Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which lost 0.88% to settle at 134.45 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 0.73% to 29.950 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 452 to 164 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.33% to 15.25.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.49 to $1251.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 1.08 to hit $50.43 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.15 to trade at $53.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 97.17.