Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.59% or 2.70 points to trade at 106.80 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 2.28% or 6.60 points to end at 295.95 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.15% or 2.26 points to 107.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 0.78% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 0.65% or 0.56 points to end at 85.66 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.44% or 0.32 points to 71.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 3.95% to 17.73, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 3.06% to settle at 52.150 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.94% to close at 2.314.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 27.20% to 8.721 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 3.90% to settle at 11.96 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 1.78% to 138.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 309 to 260 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.15% or 2.26 to 107.40. Shares in Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) fell to 3-years lows; down 27.20% or 3.259 to 8.721.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.88% to 11.65.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1242.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.64 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.93 to trade at $75.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.