France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Foods&Drugs, Gas&Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.13% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 1.15% or 1.60 points to trade at 141.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 0.96% or 0.14 points to end at 15.24 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 0.85% or 3.50 points to 417.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.42% or 1.08 points to trade at 74.78 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.28% or 0.204 points to end at 15.702 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was down 0.90% or 0.84 points to 93.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 5.39% to 18.180, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 4.43% to settle at 19.100 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.36% to close at 44.66.
The worst performers were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 2.01% to 29.30 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 1.65% to settle at 2.797 and Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which was down 1.65% to 238.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 351 to 243 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) rose to all time highs; rising 0.85% or 3.50 to 417.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.77% to 11.84.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 4.15 to $1518.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $61.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.17 to trade at $68.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1183, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 96.585.
