Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 2.79% or 1.400 points to trade at 51.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 2.78% or 2.00 points to end at 73.90 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.14% or 2.55 points to 121.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 4.59% or 0.490 points to trade at 10.185 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.73% or 8.50 points to end at 482.70 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 1.07% or 0.18 points to 16.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which rose 7.48% to 30.03, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.97% to settle at 51.88 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 3.43% to close at 21.720.
The worst performers were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 4.59% to 10.185 in late trade, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which lost 3.85% to settle at 57.45 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which was down 3.84% to 10.01 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 353 to 205 and 79 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.76% to 16.20.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.45 to $1283.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.62% or 0.36 to hit $58.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.49 to trade at $68.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1205, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 97.472.