Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.23% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.93% or 0.84 points to trade at 22.21 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.81% or 0.425 points to end at 15.560 and Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) was up 1.89% or 1.89 points to 101.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 1.22% or 0.33 points to trade at 26.65 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 1.17% or 1.14 points to end at 96.10 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.13% or 0.130 points to 11.340.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 5.77% to 15.21, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.93% to settle at 22.21 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 3.43% to close at 27.16.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.81% to 18.700 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 2.53% to settle at 96.34 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 2.02% to 68.050 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 283 and 103 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.27% to 13.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1296.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.87% or 0.54 to hit $62.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.49 to trade at $69.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.018.