France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.85%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Household Goods and General Financial sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials , Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.29%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP ), which rose 3.40% or 1.30 points to trade at 39.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) added 2.95% or 1.06 points to end at 36.97 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) was up 2.89% or 2.72 points to 96.72 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ), which fell 1.39% or 1.85 points to trade at 131.05 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI ) declined 0.90% or 0.50 points to end at 55.00 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO ) was down 0.68% or 0.44 points to 64.02.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP ) which rose 33.52% to 14.20, Elis Services SA (EPA:ELIS ) which was up 10.00% to settle at 20.46 and Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT ) which gained 5.80% to close at 73.00.

The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which was down 5.30% to 5.40 in late trade, Verallia (EPA:VRLA ) which lost 2.37% to settle at 25.58 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ) which was down 1.39% to 131.05 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 197 and 99 ended unchanged.

Shares in Verallia (EPA:VRLA ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.37% or 0.62 to 25.58.

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 down 0.27% or 7.30 to $2,671.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.63% or 1.20 to hit $74.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.10 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.37.

Source: Investing.com