Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 6.57% or 2.02 points to trade at 32.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 4.78% or 0.367 points to end at 8.047 and Technip (PA:TECF) was up 4.67% or 2.15 points to 48.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which fell 1.01% or 0.93 points to trade at 91.58 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 0.69% or 0.10 points to end at 14.29 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.66% or 0.40 points to 59.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 7.91% to 3.289, CGG (PA:GEPH) which was up 6.67% to settle at 0.6400 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 6.57% to close at 32.87.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 5.72% to 50.93 in late trade, Havas (PA:HAVA) which lost 3.38% to settle at 7.095 and Alten (PA:LTEN) which was down 2.14% to 51.13 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 455 to 202 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.35% to 34.88.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.95 to $1292.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.83% or 1.31 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.18% or 1.50 to trade at $48.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.38.