Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 7.55% or 0.309 points to trade at 4.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 6.70% or 0.72 points to end at 11.54 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 5.12% or 2.06 points to 42.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.62% or 0.09 points to trade at 14.42 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 0.48% or 0.07 points to end at 14.59 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 0.48% or 0.25 points to 51.48.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 7.55% to 4.400, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 6.87% to settle at 30.71 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 6.70% to close at 11.54.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 3.24% to 25.425 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 1.14% to settle at 9.441 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 1.13% to 27.09 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 501 to 173 and 101 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.72% to 23.16.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.35% or 17.85 to $1338.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $48.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8400.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 95.71.