France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.18%
Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.18% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ), which rose 2.50% or 2.50 points to trade at 102.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA: URW ) added 1.98% or 1.56 points to end at 80.50 and Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) was up 1.74% or 4.80 points to 280.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which fell 1.73% or 0.48 points to trade at 27.22 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA: SASY ) declined 1.58% or 1.66 points to end at 103.70 and AXA SA (EPA: AXAF ) was down 1.24% or 0.47 points to 37.53.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solutions 30 SE (EPA: S30 ) which rose 9.15% to 1.41, Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was up 8.71% to settle at 9.04 and Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which unchanged 8.00% to close at 0.00.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which was down 19.14% to 1.39 in late trade, Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which lost 9.46% to settle at 3.35 and Rexel (EPA: RXL ) which was down 3.07% to 26.22 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 279 to 219 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) fell to all time lows; losing 19.14% or 0.33 to 1.39.
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 April delivery was down 1.19% or 35.01 to $2,910.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.35 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 106.64.