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 rose 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.80% or 0.80 points to trade at 29.41 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.96% or 0.71 points to end at 37.27 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.46% or 1.07 points to 74.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 2.56% or 0.93 points to trade at 35.35 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.57% or 3.80 points to end at 668.60 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 0.39% or 0.21 points to 53.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 9.88% to 16.350, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 5.36% to settle at 9.00 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which gained 3.58% to close at 73.80.
The worst performers were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 2.56% to 35.35 in late trade, Albioma SA (PA:ABIO) which lost 1.71% to settle at 36.78 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (PA:GTT) which was down 1.27% to 70.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 328 to 259 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.96% or 0.71 to 37.27. Shares in Valneva (PA:VLS) rose to all time highs; up 9.88% or 1.470 to 16.350.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.17% or 21.05 to $1816.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.02% or 1.36 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.41 to trade at $71.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1794, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.698.