Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 2.98% or 2.20 points to trade at 75.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.68% or 0.315 points to end at 12.055 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.37% or 2.50 points to 107.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which fell 1.51% or 2.90 points to trade at 189.65 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 0.70% or 1.00 points to end at 142.70 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 0.06% or 0.01 points to 15.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 7.30% to 15.28, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 5.22% to settle at 25.00 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 4.67% to close at 5.516.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 5.30% to 22.52 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 4.51% to settle at 79.45 and Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was down 2.03% to 145.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 241 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.06% or 0.01 to 15.41.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.60% to 14.77.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.10 to $1296.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.88% or 0.59 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $76.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1672, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.