Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which rose 0.97% or 0.16 points to trade at 16.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) added 0.79% or 0.80 points to end at 102.34 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) was up 0.74% or 0.11 points to 14.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW), which fell 1.16% or 0.55 points to trade at 47.01 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) declined 1.02% or 0.26 points to end at 25.32 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was down 0.94% or 0.28 points to 29.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were JC Decaux SA (EPA:JCDX) which rose 3.19% to 16.81, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was up 1.40% to settle at 14.48 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which gained 1.19% to close at 11.90.
The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 2.75% to 6.23 in late trade, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which lost 2.55% to settle at 2.07 and SES Imagotag (EPA:SESL) which was down 1.87% to 104.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 271 to 224 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.94% or 0.28 to 29.65.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 9.65 to $1,937.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.53% or 0.42 to hit $79.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.62 to trade at $83.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.12.