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 0.65% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.52% or 0.372 points to trade at 15.156 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 2.15% or 0.79 points to end at 37.48 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.71% or 1.40 points to 83.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which fell 1.21% or 1.30 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.51% or 0.20 points to end at 38.70 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.28% or 0.04 points to 14.37.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 4.28% to 14.74, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was up 2.91% to settle at 13.090 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which gained 2.88% to close at 76.80.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 7.30% to 2.411 in late trade, Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which lost 2.48% to settle at 25.600 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 2.30% to 82.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 242 and 109 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.36% to 12.15.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 5.05 to $1468.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.73% or 0.98 to hit $57.75 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.16 to trade at $63.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.860.