Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 3.51% or 0.158 points to trade at 4.661 at the close. Meanwhile, Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 1.75% or 1.38 points to end at 80.36 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.14% or 0.39 points to 34.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 0.87% or 0.105 points to trade at 11.905 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.74% or 0.09 points to end at 12.04 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.70% or 0.12 points to 17.73.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 8.79% to 19.750, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 5.27% to settle at 78.30 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which gained 3.51% to close at 4.661.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.30% to 13.5700 in late trade, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which lost 1.43% to settle at 18.64 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.05% to 6.302 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 321 to 248 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Spie SA (PA:SPIE) rose to all time highs; rising 8.79% or 1.595 to 19.750.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.35% to 14.82.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.05 to $1133.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $52.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $54.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0450, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8528.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.