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 0.80%, while the index gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which rose 3.37% or 0.89 points to trade at 27.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:) added 3.02% or 4.80 points to end at 164.00 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) was up 2.03% or 0.64 points to 32.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:), which fell 1.96% or 0.82 points to trade at 41.08 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 0.72% or 0.18 points to end at 24.85 and AXA SA (EPA:) was down 0.70% or 0.24 points to 34.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which rose 8.23% to 3.87, Technip Energies BV (EPA:) which was up 5.95% to settle at 24.20 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which gained 4.75% to close at 192.00.
The worst performers were Viridien SA (EPA:) which was down 4.11% to 36.75 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (EPA:) which lost 3.82% to settle at 7.31 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which was down 3.70% to 3.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 283 to 198 and 89 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 0.11% or 2.90 to $2,752.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.68 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.69 to trade at $73.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.
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