Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo (PARIS:VLOF), which rose 4.17% or 5.65 points to trade at 141.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 3.33% or 0.58 points to end at 18.02 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 2.17% or 1.25 points to 58.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP), which fell 1.19% or 1.95 points to trade at 161.80 at the close. Vivendi (PARIS:VIV) declined 0.83% or 0.20 points to end at 23.30 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) was down 0.83% or 0.24 points to 28.51.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) which rose 4.17% to 141.10, Imerys (PARIS:IMTP) which was up 3.78% to settle at 70.27 and Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which gained 3.78% to close at 48.000.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which was down 4.26% to 19.98 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 4.21% to settle at 0.410 and GTT (PARIS:GTT) which was down 2.67% to 56.53 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 498 to 394 and 69 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.17% to 27.13.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.09% or 1.27 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.56% or 1.65 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1338, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.39.