France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.04% 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 1.04% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index climbed 1.01%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 3.65% or 7.90 points to trade at 224.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) added 2.80% or 3.88 points to end at 142.28 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) was up 2.36% or 4.00 points to 173.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 1.19% or 0.62 points to trade at 51.50 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:) declined 1.09% or 0.27 points to end at 24.50 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was down 0.36% or 0.24 points to 66.26.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which rose 3.65% to 224.50, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which was up 3.64% to settle at 22.80 and Mcphy Energy (EPA:) which gained 3.29% to close at 12.24.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 4.44% to 10.45 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:) which lost 2.04% to settle at 7.40 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which was down 1.99% to 7.88 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 281 to 257 and 84 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 December delivery was down 0.55% or 9.75 to $1,753.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.29% or 2.69 to hit $78.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 2.84 to trade at $86.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 106.79.