Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.05% or 0.49 points to trade at 24.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.88% or 0.88 points to end at 47.78 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.11% or 0.150 points to 13.705 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which fell 1.48% or 2.00 points to trade at 133.40 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.19% or 4.60 points to end at 381.90 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 0.87% or 0.84 points to 96.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 6.60% to 62.95, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 6.15% to settle at 4.610 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 2.11% to close at 13.07.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.77% to 30.140 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 2.58% to settle at 42.320 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was down 2.53% to 78.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 212 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.60% or 3.90 to 62.95.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.76% to 12.35 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.39% or 5.20 to $1312.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.63% or 1.00 to hit $62.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.88 to trade at $66.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.2279, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.27.