Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 12.01% or 1.67 points to trade at 15.57 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 6.09% or 1.63 points to end at 28.41 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 3.34% or 2.82 points to 87.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 7.72% or 38.80 points to trade at 464.00 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 3.58% or 4.20 points to end at 113.00 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 3.25% or 1.46 points to 43.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 13.96% to 57.55, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 12.13% to settle at 17.29 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 12.01% to close at 15.57.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 8.55% to 158.40 in late trade, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which lost 7.72% to settle at 464.00 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 7.45% to 27.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 255 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.25% or 1.46 to 43.45. Shares in Nexans (PA:NEXS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.45% or 2.18 to 27.10.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.75% to 11.87.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1225.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1653, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.48.