Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.73%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which rose 6.58% or 0.29 points to trade at 4.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF) added 2.30% or 0.35 points to end at 15.80 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was up 2.17% or 0.88 points to 41.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which fell 1.34% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.26 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PARIS:CAPP) declined 0.80% or 0.63 points to end at 78.39 and Vivendi SA (PARIS:VIV) was down 0.70% or 0.14 points to 20.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 9.56% to 36.395, ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) which was up 6.58% to settle at 4.78 and Zodiac Aerospace (PARIS:ZODC) which gained 3.77% to close at 21.50.
The worst performers were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 4.77% to 37.340 in late trade, Lagardere S.C.A. (PARIS:LAGA) which lost 1.47% to settle at 24.55 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was down 1.44% to 18.155 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 405 to 301 and 61 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.85% to 29.69.
Gold for December delivery was up 2.13% or 23.70 to $1137.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.34% or 0.15 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.21 to trade at $47.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.1258, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7405.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 95.77.