Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.41%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 4.68% or 0.86 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 3.39% or 0.74 points to end at 22.75 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 3.30% or 0.49 points to 15.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 8.01% or 0.579 points to trade at 6.649 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.38% or 0.69 points to end at 28.50 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 1.00% or 2.95 points to 291.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Havas (PA:HAVA) which rose 9.21% to 9.250, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was up 5.12% to settle at 34.67 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 4.68% to close at 19.25.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 8.01% to 6.649 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 4.02% to settle at 31.070 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 3.84% to 24.810 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 330 to 284 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Havas (PA:HAVA) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.21% or 0.780 to 9.250. Shares in Ipsos (PA:ISOS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.12% or 1.69 to 34.67.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.47% to 13.44.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 3.78 to $1227.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $50.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0918, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 99.17.