France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.21%

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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 1.21%, while the index gained 1.10%.

The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 3.51% or 0.546 points to trade at 16.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:) added 3.20% or 4.50 points to end at 145.30 and Carrefour SA (PA:) was up 3.01% or 0.44 points to 15.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:), which fell 0.26% or 0.20 points to trade at 75.62 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:) declined 0.23% or 0.04 points to end at 17.05 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:) was down 0.05% or 0.02 points to 37.67.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:) which rose 5.24% to 43.20, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:) which was up 3.81% to settle at 7.905 and CGG SA (PA:) which gained 3.57% to close at 2.435.

The worst performers were Ipsen SA (PA:) which was down 13.62% to 84.05 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:) which lost 4.31% to settle at 13.11 and SES (PA:) which was down 1.98% to 11.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 214 and 100 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ipsen SA (PA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.62% or 13.25 to 84.05.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.07% to 14.06.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.14% or 16.95 to $1466.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.94% or 0.55 to hit $58.98 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.78 to trade at $64.17 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1055, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8416.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.690.

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