France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.64% 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 1.64%, while the index gained 1.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Alstom SA (EPA:), which rose 4.67% or 1.16 points to trade at 26.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (EPA:) added 4.55% or 21.30 points to end at 489.00 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was up 4.45% or 46.50 points to 1,092.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 2.28% or 1.54 points to trade at 66.07 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA:) declined 1.18% or 1.22 points to end at 102.38 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 0.91% or 0.18 points to 19.11.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux SA (EPA:) which rose 5.44% to 98.14, Alstom SA (EPA:) which was up 4.67% to settle at 26.01 and Kering SA (EPA:) which gained 4.55% to close at 489.00.

The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (EPA:) which was down 26.91% to 12.93 in late trade, Klepierre SA (EPA:) which lost 2.93% to settle at 21.56 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) which was down 2.28% to 66.07 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 350 to 174 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Maisons du Monde SAS (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 26.91% or 4.76 to 12.93.

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 June delivery was up 0.18% or 3.26 to $1,850.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.41% or 0.47 to hit $114.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.80 to trade at $114.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.86.