Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which rose 0.79% or 0.52 points to trade at 66.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) added 0.66% or 0.92 points to end at 139.44 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) was up 0.65% or 0.74 points to 114.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which fell 2.56% or 51.00 points to trade at 1,941.20 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 1.98% or 2.70 points to end at 133.35 and Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) was down 1.72% or 0.21 points to 12.01.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which rose 10.75% to 17.21, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 3.86% to settle at 4.36 and Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which unchanged 2.70% to close at 0.02.
The worst performers were CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which was down 2.66% to 0.58 in late trade, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which lost 2.56% to settle at 1,941.20 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was down 1.98% to 133.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 283 to 239 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.79% or 0.52 to 66.63.
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 February delivery was up 0.69% or 14.15 to $2,065.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 101.40.