Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 3.27% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 3.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 11.24% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 7.73% or 0.766 points to end at 10.670 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 6.19% or 1.26 points to 21.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.72% or 0.17 points to trade at 23.85 at the close. Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) added 1.09% or 0.23 points to end at 21.88 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 1.27% or 1.40 points to 111.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 11.24% to 4.72, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was up 7.73% to settle at 10.670 and Aperam (AS:APAM) which gained 7.58% to close at 32.92.
The worst performers were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which was down 1.01% to 99.88 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which lost 0.38% to settle at 15.84 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 0.23% to 65.31 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 509 to 143 and 104 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 13.42% to 22.53 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.03% or 13.10 to $1259.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.40% or 0.91 to hit $38.75 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.39 to trade at $40.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP fell 1.07% to 0.7743.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.15.