France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.70%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.70% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP), which rose 2.91% or 1.05 points to trade at 37.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) added 1.76% or 0.51 points to end at 29.51 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) was up 1.73% or 1.64 points to 96.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST), which fell 0.44% or 0.15 points to trade at 34.25 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) declined 0.27% or 0.50 points to end at 182.55 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was down 0.18% or 4.00 points to 2,195.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM) which rose 4.87% to 8.95, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was up 3.45% to settle at 9.00 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which gained 3.18% to close at 3.31.

The worst performers were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which was down 7.05% to 4.22 in late trade, Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV) which lost 1.27% to settle at 6.24 and SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which was down 0.79% to 18.94 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 174 and 107 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 December delivery was up 1.05% or 26.45 to $2,543.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.47% or 1.80 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.32% or 1.79 to trade at $79.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.74.