France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.41% 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 added 1.41%, while the index added 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Worldline SA (EPA:), which rose 4.97% or 2.22 points to trade at 46.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 4.02% or 0.82 points to end at 21.21 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) was up 3.67% or 4.46 points to 126.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 1.85% or 2.20 points to trade at 116.50 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:) declined 0.29% or 0.28 points to end at 96.00 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 0.03% or 0.02 points to 69.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (EPA:) which rose 7.42% to 24.90, Faurecia (EPA:) which was up 7.28% to settle at 14.52 and Metropole Television SA (EPA:) which gained 6.12% to close at 13.00.

The worst performers were Carmila SA (EPA:) which was down 11.47% to 13.90 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which lost 2.01% to settle at 16.58 and Thales (EPA:) which was down 1.85% to 116.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 351 to 176 and 98 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 up 0.64% or 10.95 to $1,731.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.21% or 3.52 to hit $87.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.11% or 3.66 to trade at $92.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.01, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 108.89.