Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.58% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 2.82% or 11.30 points to trade at 412.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.64% or 2.39 points to end at 92.79 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.78% or 1.90 points to 108.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.50% or 0.41 points to trade at 26.94 at the close. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) declined 0.73% or 0.80 points to end at 109.00 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.73% or 0.95 points to 130.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 3.95% to 171.20, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was up 3.92% to settle at 34.50 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 3.42% to close at 11.50.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 6.97% to 26.960 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.37% to settle at 13.05 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.35% to 108.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 242 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; up 2.64% or 2.39 to 92.79. Shares in Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.78% or 1.90 to 108.45. Shares in SEB SA (PA:SEBF) rose to all time highs; up 3.95% or 6.50 to 171.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.33% to 11.05.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 7.30 to $1334.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.02% or 0.65 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.70 to trade at $68.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.