Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 4.35% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 2.81% or 1.52 points to end at 55.60 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.32% or 1.98 points to 87.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 0.91% or 0.260 points to trade at 28.415 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 0.26% or 0.22 points to end at 85.60 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 0.17% or 0.025 points to 14.665.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 4.35% to 18.11, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 3.79% to settle at 10.69 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.31% to close at 68.58.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.12% to 101.60 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 2.04% to settle at 51.00 and Mercialys (PA:MERY) which was down 1.40% to 18.26 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 424 to 193 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Faurecia (PA:EPED) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.31% or 2.20 to 68.58.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.19% to 10.20.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1322.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.97% or 0.60 to hit $61.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.41 to trade at $67.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.2044, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 91.69.