France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.70%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.70% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP ), which rose 2.91% or 1.05 points to trade at 37.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE ) added 1.76% or 0.51 points to end at 29.51 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP ) was up 1.73% or 1.64 points to 96.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST ), which fell 0.44% or 0.15 points to trade at 34.25 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP ) declined 0.27% or 0.50 points to end at 182.55 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS ) was down 0.18% or 4.00 points to 2,195.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM ) which rose 4.87% to 8.95, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which was up 3.45% to settle at 9.00 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR ) which gained 3.18% to close at 3.31.

The worst performers were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which was down 7.05% to 4.22 in late trade, Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV ) which lost 1.27% to settle at 6.24 and SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR ) which was down 0.79% to 18.94 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 174 and 107 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 1.05% or 26.45 to $2,543.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.47% or 1.80 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.32% or 1.79 to trade at $79.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.74.

Source: Investing.com