Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.87%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 4.81% or 11.54 points to trade at 251.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.64% or 10.60 points to end at 412.10 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 2.25% or 2.85 points to 129.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 0.57% or 0.32 points to trade at 55.88 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.53% or 0.07 points to end at 13.99 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 0.38% or 0.07 points to 18.38.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which rose 4.81% to 251.69, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was up 3.66% to settle at 22.64 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 3.10% to close at 56.60.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 6.96% to 17.51 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 5.69% to settle at 12.19 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 1.69% to 92.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 355 to 228 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.66% or 0.80 to 22.64. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.69% or 0.74 to 12.19. Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.10% or 1.70 to 56.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.16% to 11.81.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.78% or 10.60 to $1352.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.84% or 0.55 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $70.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2424, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.