Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 2.22% or 0.31 points to trade at 14.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) added 1.85% or 0.75 points to end at 41.25 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 1.55% or 0.079 points to 5.189 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PA:TECF), which fell 2.25% or 1.17 points to trade at 50.75 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.85% or 1.42 points to end at 75.49 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 1.17% or 0.61 points to 51.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA:TCFP) which rose 3.44% to 78.84, Aperam (AS:APAM) which was up 2.58% to settle at 34.42 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which gained 2.22% to close at 14.49.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 11.68% to 24.84 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 9.38% to settle at 8.676 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.03% to 3.433 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 332 to 314 and 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thales (PA:TCFP) rose to all time highs; up 3.44% or 2.62 to 78.84.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.42% to 18.16.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.79% or 10.50 to $1320.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.79% or 0.80 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.80 to trade at $45.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0961, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8371.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.63% at 97.55.