France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.61%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE), which rose 2.10% or 0.58 points to trade at 28.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) added 1.86% or 0.28 points to end at 15.43 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) was up 1.76% or 0.96 points to 55.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which fell 1.78% or 9.70 points to trade at 535.10 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) declined 1.59% or 2.96 points to end at 183.42 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) was down 0.82% or 1.15 points to 139.15.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which rose 4.56% to 128.40, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was up 3.95% to settle at 3.00 and Verallia (EPA:VRLA) which gained 2.87% to close at 36.52.

The worst performers were Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which was down 2.30% to 10.82 in late trade, Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) which lost 1.78% to settle at 535.10 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was down 1.78% to 1.66 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 235 and 95 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, 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 1.07% or 20.95 to $1,980.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $71.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $75.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 102.94.