Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Banking and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.59% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 6.60% or 1.79 points to trade at 28.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 2.43% or 0.485 points to end at 20.460 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.94% or 0.80 points to 42.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 2.79% or 4.30 points to trade at 150.00 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 2.26% or 1.16 points to end at 50.25 and Technip (PA:TECF) was down 2.05% or 0.96 points to 46.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Montupet SA (PA:MNTP) which rose 14.90% to 71.160, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was up 6.60% to settle at 28.98 and Adocia (PA:ADOC) which gained 6.23% to close at 73.470.
The worst performers were Solocal Group (PA:LOCAL) which was down 3.96% to 0.291 in late trade, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which lost 2.79% to settle at 150.00 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which was down 2.73% to 11.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 405 to 306 and 54 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.26% to 22.93.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.40 to $1182.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.35 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.21 to trade at $49.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1377, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.7366.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.63.