Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.65% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 3.37% or 0.59 points to trade at 18.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.15% or 0.28 points to end at 13.28 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.50% or 0.260 points to 17.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 1.17% or 0.093 points to trade at 7.886 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.72% or 0.28 points to end at 38.16 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 0.43% or 0.31 points to 71.33.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 3.83% to 21.80, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 3.72% to settle at 20.93 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 3.65% to close at 15.780.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 2.53% to 39.710 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 1.32% to settle at 93.76 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 1.25% to 35.24 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 393 to 216 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.65% or 0.555 to 15.780.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.90% to 16.72 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1244.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $53.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.22.