France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.31%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.27%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ), which rose 5.96% or 13.40 points to trade at 238.20 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ) added 3.48% or 21.20 points to end at 630.40 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS ) was up 3.25% or 71.00 points to 2,259.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:TCFP ), which fell 0.25% or 0.35 points to trade at 141.80 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:DANO ) declined 0.18% or 0.12 points to end at 64.86 and Accor SA (EPA:ACCP ) was down 0.17% or 0.08 points to 46.02.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP ) which rose 13.07% to 13.32, Derichebourg (EPA:DBG ) which was up 10.91% to settle at 4.90 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which gained 7.65% to close at 4.42.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was down 98.54% to 0.00 in late trade, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which lost 2.28% to settle at 42.83 and Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN ) which was down 1.72% to 108.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 182 and 90 ended unchanged.

Shares in Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) fell to all time lows; falling 98.54% or 0.18 to 0.00.

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 February delivery was up 0.36% or 9.64 to $2,658.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.22% or 0.83 to hit $67.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.73 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.03.

Source: Investing.com