Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 2.31% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 2.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 4.90% or 0.940 points to trade at 20.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 3.65% or 4.10 points to end at 116.45 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 3.58% or 1.23 points to 35.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Klepierre (PA:LOIM), which rose 0.81% or 0.34 points to trade at 42.44 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 0.90% or 0.42 points to end at 47.53 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.01% or 0.68 points to 67.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 5.41% to 18.42, Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was up 5.38% to settle at 14.300 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 5.32% to close at 4.139.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 5.49% to 91.67 in late trade, Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which lost 3.28% to settle at 3.153 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 2.80% to 6.503 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 461 to 203 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.01% or 0.68 to 67.87.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.34% to 17.36.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.56% or 7.35 to $1324.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.99% or 1.29 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.04% or 1.38 to trade at $46.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1155, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8387.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.90.