Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.62%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 4.40% or 3.30 points to trade at 78.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 3.43% or 1.950 points to end at 58.850 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 2.65% or 3.50 points to 135.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 0.90% or 0.20 points to trade at 22.11 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 0.46% or 0.19 points to end at 40.81 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 0.29% or 0.06 points to 20.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 8.48% to 83.800, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.51% to settle at 2.220 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which gained 4.48% to close at 11.65.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.05% to 16.280 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.00% to settle at 21.520 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.08% to 8.064 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 385 to 173 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.90% or 0.20 to 22.11. Shares in Worldline SA (PA:WLN) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.43% or 1.950 to 58.850.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.76% to 14.56.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 5.15 to $1347.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.22% or 1.17 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.35 to trade at $63.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1341, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8896.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.458.