France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.52%

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 0.52% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which rose 3.63% or 0.79 points to trade at 22.40 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 3.22% or 1.85 points to end at 59.39 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) was up 2.30% or 0.25 points to 10.96 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (EPA:), which fell 3.01% or 0.68 points to trade at 21.92 at the close. AXA SA (EPA:) declined 1.20% or 0.35 points to end at 28.71 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 0.93% or 2.00 points to 212.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 11.53% to 2.70, Faurecia (EPA:) which was up 5.10% to settle at 21.24 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which gained 4.06% to close at 6.66.

The worst performers were CGG SA (EPA:) which was down 3.25% to 0.73 in late trade, Alstom SA (EPA:) which lost 3.01% to settle at 21.92 and Technip Energies BV (EPA:) which was down 2.87% to 19.77 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 280 to 247 and 98 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 2.05% or 42.05 to $2,013.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.67% or 0.55 to hit $82.71 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.35 to trade at $86.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.39% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 101.39.