Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Aerospace & Defense, Banking and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF), which rose 4.14% or 2.32 points to trade at 58.40 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) added 3.51% or 2.19 points to end at 64.60 and BNP Paribas SA (PARIS:BNPP) was up 2.86% or 1.65 points to 59.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PARIS:ESSI), which lost 1.10% or 1.30 points to trade at 116.60 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) declined 0.92% or 2.25 points to end at 242.30 and Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY) shed 0.89% or 0.30 points to 33.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Arkema (PARIS:AKE) which rose 6.62% to 70.98, Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) which was up 4.14% to settle at 58.40 and Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) which gained 3.51% to close at 64.60.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 6.32% to 14.96 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which lost 4.44% to settle at 15.06 and ICADE (PARIS:ICAD) which was down 2.68% to 67.52 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 454 to 361 and 53 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.70% to 18.28.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.60% or 6.50 to $1095.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.64 to trade at $52.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.89% to 1.1031, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.64% at 96.99.