Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.35%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.33% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.301 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 3.71% or 1.43 points to end at 40.01 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.69% or 0.81 points to 30.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which fell 0.79% or 0.33 points to trade at 41.50 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 0.29% or 0.45 points to end at 154.70 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.17% or 0.13 points to 74.57.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which rose 8.36% to 2.98, CGG (PA:GEPH) which was up 8.20% to settle at 0.66 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 5.78% to close at 10.17.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 1.07% to 12.000 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 1.05% to settle at 5.094 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 0.83% to 28.040 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 451 to 212 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.05% or 0.054 to 5.094.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.54% to 22.78.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.43% or 5.30 to $1242.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.52% or 2.43 to hit $39.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.21% or 2.45 to trade at $41.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1411, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8080.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 94.18.