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 added 0.59%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 2.44% or 0.97 points to trade at 40.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.24% or 0.48 points to end at 21.89 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.81% or 10.00 points to 562.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which fell 0.90% or 0.66 points to trade at 72.48 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 0.78% or 0.10 points to end at 13.28 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 0.62% or 0.90 points to 144.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 4.95% to 4.16, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 4.41% to settle at 60.660 and Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which gained 3.86% to close at 25.550.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 3.74% to 41.97 in late trade, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which lost 3.37% to settle at 41.82 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 2.51% to 139.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 365 to 206 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kering SA (PA:PRTP) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.81% or 10.00 to 562.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.57% to 12.48.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.47% or 6.85 to $1479.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.40% or 0.83 to hit $60.01 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.02 to trade at $65.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1116, while EUR/GBP fell 1.28% to 0.8343.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.218.