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 added 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (PA:STLA), which rose 2.92% or 0.49 points to trade at 17.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) added 1.45% or 2.15 points to end at 150.75 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.41% or 0.42 points to 30.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 1.95% or 0.68 points to trade at 34.18 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.08% or 1.34 points to end at 122.52 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 1.06% or 0.77 points to 71.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.86% to 10.440, Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which was up 5.07% to settle at 13.36 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 4.34% to close at 8.51.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.26% to 4.58 in late trade, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which lost 1.95% to settle at 34.18 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 1.67% to 58.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 243 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stellantis NV (PA:STLA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.92% or 0.49 to 17.15. Shares in Vallourec (PA:VLLP) rose to all time lows; gaining 8.86% or 0.850 to 10.440.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.19% or 22.25 to $1895.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.54 to hit $69.35 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $71.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2172, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8589.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 90.090.