© Reuters. France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.96%
Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the gained 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:), which rose 2.50% or 18.60 points to trade at 761.20 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (EPA:) added 1.99% or 8.00 points to end at 410.00 and Kering SA (EPA:) was up 1.76% or 8.10 points to 469.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which fell 4.59% or 2.27 points to trade at 47.20 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 0.97% or 0.41 points to end at 41.34 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 0.96% or 0.17 points to 16.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 5.45% to 1.47, Solvay SA (EBR:) which was up 3.39% to settle at 109.80 and Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which gained 3.38% to close at 13.44.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which was down 8.29% to 1.87 in late trade, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) which lost 4.59% to settle at 47.20 and Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which was down 3.40% to 25.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 248 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; down 8.29% or 0.17 to 1.87. Shares in Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.40% or 0.88 to 25.00.
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 December delivery was up 0.74% or 14.35 to $1,947.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.50 to hit $90.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.07 to trade at $93.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 104.88.