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 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 5.08% or 18.75 points to trade at 388.05 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 4.07% or 2.59 points to end at 66.28 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 2.36% or 4.35 points to 188.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.44% or 1.60 points to trade at 109.78 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) declined 1.06% or 1.10 points to end at 102.90 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.01% or 1.35 points to 132.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which rose 7.77% to 20.59, Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was up 6.33% to settle at 8.15 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which gained 5.08% to close at 388.05.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 3.15% to 104.40 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 2.09% to settle at 16.36 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.10% to 3.92 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 247 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 4.75 to $1786.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.57% or 0.47 to hit $82.97 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.34 to trade at $84.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1632, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.700.