France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.37% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the rose 0.37%, while the index added 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sanofi SA (PA:), which rose 1.76% or 1.63 points to trade at 94.14 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) added 1.66% or 0.49 points to end at 29.79 and TotalEnergies SE (PA:) was up 1.58% or 0.73 points to 46.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:), which fell 2.36% or 0.94 points to trade at 38.66 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:) declined 1.63% or 21.00 points to end at 1,270.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:) was down 1.50% or 0.29 points to 19.35.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:) which rose 3.74% to 16.23, Technip Energies BV (PA:) which was up 3.53% to settle at 11.44 and ICADE (PA:) which gained 3.43% to close at 60.35.

The worst performers were Sodexo SA (PA:) which was down 9.46% to 66.82 in late trade, Orpea SA (PA:) which lost 5.08% to settle at 37.38 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:) which was down 2.36% to 38.66 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 247 and 73 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.25% or 24.40 to $1,924.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.72 to hit $99.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.03 to trade at $104.68 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 98.63.