France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.90%
2022.10.14 13:13
© Reuters. France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.90%
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 added 0.90%, while the index gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:), which rose 3.19% or 4.80 points to trade at 155.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) added 2.79% or 0.55 points to end at 20.28 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) was up 2.39% or 1.01 points to 43.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 2.16% or 2.45 points to trade at 110.80 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 1.58% or 0.51 points to end at 32.00 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) was down 1.07% or 1.32 points to 121.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 4.59% to 10.71, Trigano SA (EPA:) which was up 4.27% to settle at 94.10 and BIC (EPA:) which gained 3.21% to close at 69.10.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (EPA:) which was down 4.60% to 62.20 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which lost 4.53% to settle at 8.00 and Television Francaise 1 SA (EPA:) which was down 2.80% to 5.72 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 191 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eramet SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.60% or 3.00 to 62.20. Shares in BIC (EPA:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.21% or 2.15 to 69.10.
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 December delivery was down 1.64% or 27.50 to $1,649.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.31% or 2.95 to hit $86.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 2.49 to trade at $92.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 0.97, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.90% at 113.26.
