Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the added 0.39%, while the index gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kering SA (EPA:), which rose 3.50% or 8.05 points to trade at 238.05 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) added 2.26% or 13.80 points to end at 623.20 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was up 1.93% or 0.23 points to 12.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (EPA:), which fell 1.23% or 1.74 points to trade at 139.56 at the close. Orange SA (EPA:) declined 0.97% or 0.10 points to end at 10.18 and Engie SA (EPA:) was down 0.59% or 0.10 points to 15.93.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Forvia (EPA:) which rose 6.84% to 7.96, Soitec SA (EPA:) which was up 5.61% to settle at 81.00 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 4.31% to close at 2.66.
The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 12.64% to 345.50 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which lost 2.74% to settle at 13.29 and Nexity (EPA:) which was down 2.25% to 13.02 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 274 to 214 and 94 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.89% or 24.00 to $2,731.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.85% or 1.31 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.33 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.40.
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