France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.63% 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 0.63%, while the index climbed 0.61%.

The best performers of the session on the were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:), which rose 2.05% or 3.50 points to trade at 174.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:) added 1.91% or 2.25 points to end at 120.25 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was up 1.76% or 0.30 points to 17.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:), which fell 1.98% or 0.57 points to trade at 28.29 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) declined 1.56% or 0.55 points to end at 34.29 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was down 0.78% or 0.50 points to 63.84.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Imerys SA (EPA:) which rose 4.43% to 38.68, Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:) which was up 3.46% to settle at 164.50 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which gained 3.27% to close at 11.67.

The worst performers were Ipsos (EPA:) which was down 3.09% to 59.50 in late trade, Faurecia (EPA:) which lost 2.94% to settle at 17.00 and Soitec SA (EPA:) which was down 2.90% to 143.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 241 and 87 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 February delivery was up 0.21% or 3.95 to $1,927.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.34% or 1.08 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.29 to trade at $87.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.89.