France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.45%

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 rose 0.45%, while the index gained 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 2.98% or 4.60 points to trade at 158.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 2.34% or 0.56 points to end at 24.47 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) was up 1.99% or 1.14 points to 58.49 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which fell 1.53% or 0.69 points to trade at 44.54 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) declined 0.99% or 0.60 points to end at 60.00 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was down 0.67% or 13.40 points to 1,975.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (EPA:) which rose 9.43% to 25.75, Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:) which was up 8.30% to settle at 10.50 and Elior Group (EPA:) which gained 6.37% to close at 3.61.

The worst performers were Soitec SA (EPA:) which was down 4.69% to 127.10 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (EPA:) which lost 3.79% to settle at 18.30 and Accor SA (EPA:) which was down 3.01% to 31.26 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 269 and 90 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 June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.70 to $2,018.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.07% or 0.76 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.76 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 102.51.