Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 2.69% or 0.92 points to trade at 34.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.14% or 0.49 points to end at 23.61 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 2.13% or 0.97 points to 46.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which fell 1.37% or 1.07 points to trade at 76.87 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.07% or 1.10 points to end at 102.05 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.78% or 0.85 points to 107.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 7.83% to 10.6100, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 3.51% to settle at 27.440 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 3.41% to close at 6.797.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.15% to 13.645 in late trade, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which lost 1.94% to settle at 116.05 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 1.84% to 53.39 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 288 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.13% or 0.97 to 46.51.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.87% to 14.44.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1205.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.49% or 1.30 to hit $53.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.53% or 1.37 to trade at $55.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 101.00.