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 1.27%, while the index added 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 2.62% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:) added 2.50% or 53.00 points to end at 2,170.00 and Capgemini SE (EPA:) was up 2.48% or 4.65 points to 192.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:), which fell 0.81% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.05 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 0.28% or 0.04 points to end at 14.23 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) was down 0.19% or 0.25 points to 130.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 20.31% to 1.07, Virbac SA (EPA:) which was up 4.65% to settle at 360.00 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 4.41% to close at 13.08.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:) which was down 2.40% to 10.59 in late trade, Lectra SA (EPA:) which lost 1.87% to settle at 28.85 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 1.63% to 2.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 197 and 102 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 August delivery was down 0.17% or 4.20 to $2,417.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $82.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $85.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.79.
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