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 rose 1.54%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 3.82% or 4.58 points to trade at 124.54 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 3.74% or 2.52 points to end at 69.95 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 3.72% or 3.57 points to 99.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 0.28% or 0.07 points to trade at 26.63 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 0.26% or 0.15 points to end at 57.55 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 0.14% or 0.12 points to 86.72.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neoen SA (PA:NEOEN) which rose 4.38% to 34.30, Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was up 3.91% to settle at 27.12 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 3.82% to close at 124.54.
The worst performers were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 1.62% to 4.07 in late trade, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which lost 1.02% to settle at 63.25 and Verallia (PA:VRLA) which was down 0.73% to 32.64 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 397 to 171 and 91 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 June delivery was up 0.87% or 15.85 to $1839.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.04% or 1.30 to hit $65.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.39 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.2141, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 90.325.