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 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 6.62% or 0.956 points to trade at 15.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.67% or 1.22 points to end at 74.30 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 1.45% or 0.41 points to 28.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.19% or 0.21 points to trade at 17.40 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.06% or 0.90 points to end at 84.00 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.00% or 1.01 points to 99.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 6.62% to 15.400, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 3.36% to settle at 63.05 and Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which gained 2.82% to close at 37.22.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.55% to 13.000 in late trade, Edenred SA (PA:EDEN) which lost 2.43% to settle at 45.45 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 1.69% to 42.37 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 332 to 227 and 109 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.30% to 12.68.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.95 to $1462.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.28% or 0.75 to hit $57.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.63 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1024, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 98.180.