France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.41%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.41%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ), which rose 3.47% or 3.39 points to trade at 101.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) added 2.27% or 0.87 points to end at 39.14 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ) was up 1.96% or 0.50 points to 25.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ), which fell 2.75% or 3.55 points to trade at 125.75 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:DANO ) declined 0.46% or 0.30 points to end at 65.08 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR ) was down 0.28% or 0.04 points to 14.24.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which rose 6.68% to 7.17, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI ) which was up 6.14% to settle at 1.71 and Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF ) which gained 5.23% to close at 9.42.

The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) which was down 14.38% to 7.21 in late trade, Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which lost 10.45% to settle at 2.81 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ) which was down 2.75% to 125.75 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 203 and 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) fell to all time lows; down 14.38% or 1.21 to 7.21. Shares in Valneva (EPA:VLS ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 10.45% or 0.33 to 2.81.

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 1.18% or 30.40 to $2,611.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.43% or 0.30 to hit $69.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $72.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 101.04.

Source: Investing.com