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 added 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 2.76% or 0.88 points to trade at 32.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 1.93% or 1.44 points to end at 76.16 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.83% or 0.36 points to 20.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 2.38% or 2.90 points to trade at 119.10 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.72% or 0.25 points to end at 34.55 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.43% or 0.11 points to 25.43.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which rose 7.81% to 45.12, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 5.20% to settle at 416.40 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 4.69% to close at 9.65.
The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 2.38% to 119.10 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 1.73% to settle at 15.890 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 1.14% to 24.32 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 197 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.38% or 2.90 to 119.10. Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.38% or 2.90 to 119.10.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.46% to 16.96.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 5.05 to $1531.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.59% or 1.47 to hit $55.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.33 to trade at $59.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.0986, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.9031.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 98.797.
