© Reuters. France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.06%
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 0.06%, while the index climbed 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:), which rose 1.71% or 15.00 points to trade at 892.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:) added 1.60% or 31.40 points to end at 1,996.20 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) was up 0.84% or 3.50 points to 421.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 2.58% or 1.36 points to trade at 51.28 at the close. AXA SA (EPA:) declined 1.22% or 0.32 points to end at 26.34 and Safran SA (EPA:) was down 1.21% or 1.68 points to 137.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which rose 2.43% to 15.60, Vallourec (EPA:) which was up 1.85% to settle at 11.58 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which gained 1.71% to close at 892.30.
The worst performers were Solvay SA (EBR:) which was down 3.18% to 102.05 in late trade, SES (EPA:) which lost 2.90% to settle at 5.51 and Rexel (EPA:) which was down 2.82% to 22.36 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 250 to 237 and 118 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 down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1,963.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.89% or 1.45 to hit $75.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 1.44 to trade at $79.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.54.
