Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.82% or 0.795 points to trade at 29.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.78% or 0.74 points to end at 42.24 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.66% or 0.45 points to 27.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 5.17% or 2.32 points to trade at 42.58 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.28% or 0.81 points to end at 62.59 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 0.45% or 0.50 points to 110.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 6.36% to 35.100, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.39% to settle at 155.60 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 3.15% to close at 14.39.
The worst performers were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which was down 5.17% to 42.58 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 2.86% to settle at 8.096 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.66% to 4.871 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 289 to 265 and 92 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.61% to 12.13.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1312.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.97% or 1.35 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 1.23 to trade at $74.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1944, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.51.