Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.71% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.00% or 0.90 points to trade at 23.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 2.83% or 2.95 points to end at 107.30 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 2.70% or 2.85 points to 108.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.73% or 0.440 points to trade at 25.010 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.01% or 0.52 points to end at 50.85 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 0.83% or 0.46 points to 54.86.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 11.01% to 22.590, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 8.29% to settle at 34.81 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 5.75% to close at 66.370.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 14.90% to 14.20 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 9.44% to settle at 21.01 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.55% to 13.315 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 352 to 260 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.83% or 0.46 to 54.86. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.90% or 2.48 to 14.20. Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.75% or 3.610 to 66.370.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.77% to 11.74.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.19 to $1271.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.96% or 1.03 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.87 to trade at $60.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1584, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 94.93.