Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 unchanged 0%, while the SBF 120 index gained 3.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 26.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 31.75 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 112.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 42.90 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 26.57 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was 0% or 0 points to 164.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which unchanged 0% to 7.010, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was unchanged 0% to settle at 26.15 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which unchanged 0% to close at 107.90.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was unchanged 0% to 19.48 in late trade, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which unchanged 0% to settle at 25.42 and Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which was unchanged 0% to 12.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 469 to 124 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) unchanged to 5-year lows; unchanged 0% or 0 to 19.48. Shares in Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) unchanged to 3-years highs; unchanged 0% or 0 to 107.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.63% or 12.05 to $1911.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.68% or 3.32 to hit $93.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.95 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0% to 1.1312, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0% to 0.8321.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.