France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.39%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ), which rose 3.50% or 8.05 points to trade at 238.05 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ) added 2.26% or 13.80 points to end at 623.20 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM ) 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:AIR ), which fell 1.23% or 1.74 points to trade at 139.56 at the close. Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ) declined 0.97% or 0.10 points to end at 10.18 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE ) was down 0.59% or 0.10 points to 15.93.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Forvia (EPA:FRVIA ) which rose 6.84% to 7.96, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT ) which was up 5.61% to settle at 81.00 and Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which gained 4.31% to close at 2.66.

The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:VIRB ) which was down 12.64% to 345.50 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP ) which lost 2.74% to settle at 13.29 and Nexity (EPA:NEXI ) 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 CAC 40 VIX , 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.

Source: Investing.com