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 all time high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 5.06% or 5.80 points to trade at 120.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 4.66% or 5.08 points to end at 114.08 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 4.54% or 3.01 points to 69.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which fell 4.83% or 17.60 points to trade at 346.70 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) declined 3.92% or 4.06 points to end at 99.58 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 1.92% or 0.58 points to 29.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which rose 6.29% to 33.64, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 5.99% to settle at 25.48 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 5.06% to close at 120.40.
The worst performers were Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 11.20% to 17.760 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which lost 9.36% to settle at 451.20 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 6.25% to 105.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 310 and 80 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 1.00% or 17.85 to $1811.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.31% or 2.61 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.81% or 2.26 to trade at $82.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1553, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8564.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.295.