Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.21%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.51% or 0.546 points to trade at 16.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 3.20% or 4.50 points to end at 145.30 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 3.01% or 0.44 points to 15.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 0.26% or 0.20 points to trade at 75.62 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.23% or 0.04 points to end at 17.05 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 0.05% or 0.02 points to 37.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which rose 5.24% to 43.20, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 3.81% to settle at 7.905 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 3.57% to close at 2.435.
The worst performers were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 13.62% to 84.05 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 4.31% to settle at 13.11 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 1.98% to 11.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 214 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.62% or 13.25 to 84.05.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.07% to 14.06.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.14% or 16.95 to $1466.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.94% or 0.55 to hit $58.98 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.78 to trade at $64.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1055, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.690.