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 0.53% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 10.87% or 4.25 points to trade at 43.34 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 3.03% or 1.59 points to end at 54.00 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 2.92% or 0.35 points to 12.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which fell 0.80% or 2.90 points to trade at 359.10 at the close. Thales (PA:TCFP) declined 0.67% or 0.60 points to end at 88.38 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.48% or 0.30 points to 62.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which rose 10.87% to 43.34, Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was up 4.58% to settle at 16.21 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 3.06% to close at 0.647.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.74% to 6.75 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which lost 2.27% to settle at 482.70 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.18% to 7.635 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 321 to 256 and 92 ended unchanged.
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 down 2.53% or 45.80 to $1763.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.19% or 0.82 to hit $68.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.57 to trade at $70.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1760, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8479.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 92.793.