Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.05% or 0.505 points to trade at 25.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.68% or 0.250 points to end at 15.160 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.34% or 0.65 points to 48.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 3.29% or 1.42 points to trade at 41.58 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.19% or 0.47 points to end at 20.82 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.06% or 0.44 points to 20.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 3.23% to 6.837, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 2.79% to settle at 36.47 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.31% to close at 82.050.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 3.29% to 41.58 in late trade, ALD International SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 2.76% to settle at 12.69 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.19% to 20.82 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 310 to 288 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.06% or 0.44 to 20.92.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.72% to 11.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.02 to $1281.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.