Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.49%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 5.42% or 2.29 points to trade at 44.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 4.14% or 0.53 points to end at 13.21 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 3.92% or 2.91 points to 77.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 0.30% or 0.22 points to trade at 72.53 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 67.23 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was up 0.16% or 0.008 points to 4.923.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which rose 5.42% to 44.47, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 4.60% to settle at 21.165 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 4.14% to close at 13.21.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 3.00% to 53.99 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 1.46% to settle at 45.12 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 0.74% to 134.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 446 to 199 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.21% to 18.32.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.72% or 23.55 to $1343.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.91% or 0.38 to hit $41.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.38 to trade at $43.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1083, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8481.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 96.22.