Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the General Retailers, Consumer Services and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.53% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 2.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 10.60% or 16.55 points to trade at 172.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 4.74% or 6.45 points to end at 142.40 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 4.61% or 2.65 points to 60.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel Lucent SA (PA:ALUA), which fell 0.79% or 0.027 points to trade at 3.388 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.30% or 0.14 points to end at 45.50 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) was up 0.45% or 0.08 points to 17.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 10.60% to 172.75, Numericable Pr (PA:NUME) which was up 6.82% to settle at 44.220 and Havas (PA:HAVA) which gained 6.39% to close at 7.990.
The worst performers were Saft (PA:S1A) which was down 23.97% to 24.33 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 5.00% to settle at 109.25 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was down 2.35% to 65.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 455 to 298 and 41 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.06% to 19.28 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.32% or 3.70 to $1162.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.55 to hit $44.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $48.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.89% to 1.1006, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.7174.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 97.18.