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 rose 0.98% to hit a new 3-months high, while the index climbed 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which rose 2.87% or 3.00 points to trade at 107.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 2.86% or 2.40 points to end at 86.40 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was up 2.85% or 0.35 points to 12.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (EPA:), which fell 4.95% or 0.69 points to trade at 13.35 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:) declined 1.01% or 0.03 points to end at 2.55 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) was down 0.78% or 5.40 points to 690.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Clariane SE (EPA:) which rose 7.75% to 2.20, Verallia (EPA:) which was up 7.40% to settle at 24.10 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 7.28% to close at 5.75.
The worst performers were Voltalia SA (EPA:) which was down 5.35% to 6.72 in late trade, Carrefour SA (EPA:) which lost 4.95% to settle at 13.35 and Atos SE (EPA:) which was unchanged 4.76% to 0.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 286 to 202 and 91 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 February delivery was up 0.21% or 5.79 to $2,756.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $77.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.09 to trade at $81.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 109.11.
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