Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Banking and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 3.07%, while the SBF 120 index gained 2.90%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor (PARIS:ACCP), which rose 5.03% or 2.23 points to trade at 46.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) added 4.91% or 0.67 points to end at 14.32 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 4.16% or 0.92 points to 23.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 0.55% or 0.28 points to trade at 50.89 at the close. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) added 0.65% or 0.85 points to end at 132.00 and Michelin (PARIS:MICP) was up 0.78% or 0.73 points to 94.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which rose 12.33% to 16.850, Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was up 6.22% to settle at 35.84 and Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which gained 5.36% to close at 36.690.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 0.31% to 4.50 in late trade, Biomerieux (PARIS:BIOX) which lost 0.18% to settle at 98.14 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was up 0.18% to 16.91 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 662 to 146 and 50 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.55% to 27.54.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1159.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $58.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.98% to 1.1145, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.7196.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 96.09.