Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.29% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.21% or 0.190 points to trade at 4.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 2.08% or 0.28 points to end at 14.00 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 1.64% or 1.70 points to 105.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 2.12% or 1.61 points to trade at 74.39 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.20% or 0.74 points to end at 60.96 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 1.15% or 0.55 points to 46.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 7.76% to 14.5800, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 5.93% to settle at 5.484 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 5.88% to close at 26.835.
The worst performers were Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 4.21% to 17.05 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.39% to settle at 20.41 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 2.12% to 74.39 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 263 and 87 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.73% to 15.01.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.85% or 9.65 to $1139.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.41% or 0.72 to hit $51.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 0.93 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.0458, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 102.72.