Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.34% or 0.440 points to trade at 19.220 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.54% or 4.35 points to end at 287.60 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) was up 1.12% or 5.80 points to 525.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which fell 1.56% or 1.65 points to trade at 104.15 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.38% or 1.04 points to end at 74.45 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 0.76% or 0.41 points to 53.31.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 6.23% to 121.10, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 5.11% to settle at 15.63 and Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which gained 4.91% to close at 67.35.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 5.73% to 47.06 in late trade, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which lost 5.23% to settle at 77.050 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.93% to 1.062 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 276 and 91 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.75% to 13.19.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1255.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.19 to trade at $77.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.80.