Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.13%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.92% or 2.71 points to trade at 95.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 2.48% or 3.05 points to end at 126.20 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 2.47% or 3.25 points to 134.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 6.04% or 1.34 points to trade at 20.86 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 0.39% or 0.17 points to end at 43.62 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.18% or 0.20 points to 112.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 12.17% to 19.03, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 5.16% to settle at 11.81 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 4.76% to close at 44.880.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 6.36% to 10.020 in late trade, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which lost 6.04% to settle at 20.86 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.15% to 41.220 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 418 to 184 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.92% or 2.71 to 95.53. Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.47% or 3.25 to 134.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.91% to 16.40.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1356.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.70% or 0.43 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.70 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2440, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 88.85.