Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Household Goods and General Financial sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP), which rose 3.40% or 1.30 points to trade at 39.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:RENA) added 2.95% or 1.06 points to end at 36.97 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was up 2.89% or 2.72 points to 96.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which fell 1.39% or 1.85 points to trade at 131.05 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) declined 0.90% or 0.50 points to end at 55.00 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.68% or 0.44 points to 64.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which rose 33.52% to 14.20, Elis Services SA (EPA:ELIS) which was up 10.00% to settle at 20.46 and Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT) which gained 5.80% to close at 73.00.
The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was down 5.30% to 5.40 in late trade, Verallia (EPA:VRLA) which lost 2.37% to settle at 25.58 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) which was down 1.39% to 131.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 197 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Verallia (EPA:VRLA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.37% or 0.62 to 25.58.
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 December delivery was down 0.27% or 7.30 to $2,671.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.63% or 1.20 to hit $74.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.10 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.37.