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 1.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 2.91% or 0.94 points to trade at 33.22 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.78% or 0.73 points to end at 27.16 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 2.72% or 19.80 points to 747.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 0.19% or 0.14 points to trade at 72.08 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 0.14% or 0.04 points to end at 28.46 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) was down 0.09% or 0.08 points to 84.37.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 7.09% to 9.36, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 5.96% to settle at 24.16 and Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which gained 4.54% to close at 1013.00.
The worst performers were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was down 7.60% to 141.10 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 5.09% to settle at 5.90 and Neoen SA (PA:NEOEN) which was down 1.41% to 36.48 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 361 to 215 and 80 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.15% or 2.65 to $1802.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1761, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8553.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.977.