Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.41%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 4.68% or 0.86 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 3.39% or 0.74 points to end at 22.75 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 3.30% or 0.49 points to 15.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 8.01% or 0.579 points to trade at 6.649 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.38% or 0.69 points to end at 28.50 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.00% or 2.95 points to 291.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Havas (PA:HAVA) which rose 9.21% to 9.250, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was up 5.12% to settle at 34.67 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 4.68% to close at 19.25.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 8.01% to 6.649 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 4.02% to settle at 31.070 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 3.84% to 24.810 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 284 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.47% to 13.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 3.76 to $1227.96 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0918, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 99.17.