Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.31% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which rose 3.97% or 1.07 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 3.37% or 1.51 points to end at 46.31 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.24% or 0.95 points to 30.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 2.26% or 1.74 points to trade at 75.40 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 1.49% or 0.56 points to end at 37.13 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.31% or 0.17 points to 13.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which rose 4.71% to 15.90, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.69% to settle at 59.32 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 4.20% to close at 1.166.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 3.77% to 48.00 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 2.26% to settle at 75.40 and Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which was down 2.02% to 32.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 353 to 217 and 99 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.30% to 12.24 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1294.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.75 to trade at $71.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1299, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.570.