France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.42%

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

At the close in Paris, the gained 0.42%, while the index added 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which rose 4.52% or 2.14 points to trade at 49.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:) added 2.10% or 0.33 points to end at 16.21 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) was up 1.98% or 0.47 points to 24.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (EPA:), which fell 1.41% or 0.15 points to trade at 10.33 at the close. L’Oreal SA (EPA:) declined 1.27% or 5.20 points to end at 402.90 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 1.14% or 1.08 points to 93.95.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES Imagotag (EPA:) which rose 32.50% to 117.00, Atos SE (EPA:) which was up 5.18% to settle at 14.22 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) which gained 4.52% to close at 49.48.

The worst performers were Verallia (EPA:) which was down 1.99% to 33.50 in late trade, Orange SA (EPA:) which lost 1.41% to settle at 10.33 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) which was down 1.27% to 402.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 205 and 96 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.92% or 17.55 to $1,932.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.14% or 1.54 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.42 to trade at $77.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.92% at 101.92.