Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 2.59% or 0.440 points to trade at 17.425 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.39% or 0.610 points to end at 26.185 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.49% or 1.50 points to 102.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 0.47% or 0.11 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.42% or 0.06 points to end at 13.06 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 0.41% or 0.075 points to 18.095.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 3.30% to 16.580, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 2.59% to settle at 17.425 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 2.39% to close at 26.185.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.51% to 1.126 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 2.64% to settle at 2.290 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.43% to 122.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 280 to 255 and 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iliad (PA:ILD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.43% or 3.05 to 122.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.67% to 12.73.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.65% or 19.70 to $1213.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.80% or 1.22 to hit $69.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.43 to trade at $76.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1629, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 95.01.