Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.77%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 5.73% or 3.77 points to trade at 69.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 5.62% or 0.401 points to end at 7.541 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 5.33% or 0.226 points to 4.469 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which fell 0.71% or 0.46 points to trade at 64.04 at the close. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) declined 0.10% or 0.09 points to end at 89.87 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 0.04% or 0.02 points to 49.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 13.55% to 29.00, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 7.16% to settle at 22.89 and Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which gained 6.38% to close at 20.76.
The worst performers were Danone SA (PA:DANO) which was down 0.71% to 64.04 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 0.43% to settle at 60.00 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 0.34% to 18.98 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 452 to 199 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ipsos (PA:ISOS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 13.55% or 3.46 to 29.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.37% to 22.11 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.39% or 5.35 to $1356.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.23 to trade at $46.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1047, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.39.