Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 3.23%, while the SBF 120 index added 3.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY), which rose 5.02% or 4.81 points to trade at 100.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) added 4.81% or 8.25 points to end at 179.90 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) was up 4.36% or 1.53 points to 36.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which fell 2.08% or 0.52 points to trade at 24.71 at the close. Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) declined 0.84% or 0.10 points to end at 11.35 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) was up 0.40% or 0.04 points to 10.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which rose 7.09% to 305.30, Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was up 5.14% to settle at 23.72 and Amundi SA (EPA:AMUN) which gained 5.14% to close at 52.15.
The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 11.13% to 12.65 in late trade, Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which lost 3.54% to settle at 18.81 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was down 2.26% to 3.77 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 353 to 156 and 122 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.55 to $1,828.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.54% or 2.65 to hit $106.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 2.45 to trade at $112.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 103.96.