Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.72% or 2.16 points to trade at 127.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 1.53% or 0.66 points to end at 43.51 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.44% or 0.200 points to 14.125 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.54% or 0.58 points to trade at 22.49 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 0.89% or 0.43 points to end at 48.68 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.38% or 0.06 points to 14.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 1.78% to 45.85, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 1.72% to settle at 127.16 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 1.57% to close at 50.49.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 2.64% to 22.500 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 2.54% to settle at 22.49 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.93% to 27.49 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 284 and 101 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.96% to 11.65.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.50 to $1287.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $58.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $63.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1931, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.