Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which rose 4.03% or 9.28 points to trade at 239.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) added 3.93% or 1.03 points to end at 27.38 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 3.46% or 0.28 points to 8.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which fell 2.08% or 0.059 points to trade at 2.776 at the close. Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) declined 1.19% or 0.32 points to end at 26.57 and Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) was down 0.84% or 0.41 points to 47.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Artprice Com (PARIS:ARTF) which rose 7.74% to 14.48, Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) which was up 4.03% to settle at 239.57 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) which gained 3.93% to close at 27.38.
The worst performers were SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) which was down 5.58% to 59.26 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) which lost 5.29% to settle at 74.46 and AB Science (PARIS:ABS) which was down 4.06% to 13.720 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 485 to 413 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.03% or 9.28 to 239.57. Shares in Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) rose to all time highs; up 4.03% or 9.28 to 239.57.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.07% to 26.98.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.04% or 13.10 to $1277.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in February rose 2.98% or 1.38 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.02% or 0.97 to trade at $49.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.91% to 1.1525, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.7617.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 93.17.