Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.80%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN), which rose 3.37% or 0.89 points to trade at 27.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) added 3.02% or 4.80 points to end at 164.00 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) was up 2.03% or 0.64 points to 32.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which fell 1.96% or 0.82 points to trade at 41.08 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) declined 0.72% or 0.18 points to end at 24.85 and AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) was down 0.70% or 0.24 points to 34.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which rose 8.23% to 3.87, Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) which was up 5.95% to settle at 24.20 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which gained 4.75% to close at 192.00.
The worst performers were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was down 4.11% to 36.75 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (EPA:TFFP) which lost 3.82% to settle at 7.31 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 3.70% to 3.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 283 to 198 and 89 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 2.90 to $2,752.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.68 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.69 to trade at $73.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.