Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.70% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 4.87% or 3.42 points to trade at 73.66 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 4.38% or 0.540 points to end at 12.860 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 3.98% or 0.80 points to 20.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which fell 1.07% or 1.02 points to trade at 94.16 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.07% or 0.79 points to end at 72.92 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was down 0.04% or 0.05 points to 112.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which rose 8.70% to 359.80, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 8.29% to settle at 39.19 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 7.13% to close at 88.70.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.66% to 1.009 in late trade, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which lost 1.60% to settle at 34.45 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 1.27% to 12.420 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 396 to 185 and 89 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.17% to 14.84 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.77% or 9.95 to $1282.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.90% or 1.51 to hit $53.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.34 to trade at $62.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.025.