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 gained 0.48%, while the index added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the were Airbus Group SE (EPA:), which rose 3.92% or 5.02 points to trade at 132.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 2.17% or 1.88 points to end at 88.42 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) was up 2.09% or 1.56 points to 76.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (EPA:), which fell 2.94% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:) declined 2.79% or 0.34 points to end at 11.85 and Thales (EPA:) was down 1.47% or 2.20 points to 147.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans SA (EPA:) which rose 5.30% to 135.00, Voltalia SA (EPA:) which was up 4.26% to settle at 9.55 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:) which gained 3.92% to close at 132.92.
The worst performers were Mersen (EPA:) which was down 9.81% to 23.90 in late trade, SES (EPA:) which lost 7.38% to settle at 3.96 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which was down 4.92% to 1.16 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 251 to 240 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stellantis NV (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.79% or 0.34 to 11.85. Shares in Nexans SA (EPA:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.30% or 6.80 to 135.00. Shares in Mersen (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; down 9.81% or 2.60 to 23.90. Shares in SES (EPA:) fell to all time lows; falling 7.38% or 0.32 to 3.96. Shares in Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.92% or 0.06 to 1.16.
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 1.41% or 37.10 to $2,676.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.73% or 0.55 to hit $75.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.51 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.66.
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