France Stock Market Update

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology, and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.27%.

Best Performers on the CAC 40

• Kering SA (EPA:PRTP): +5.96% or 13.40 points, trading at 238.20
• LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH): +3.48% or 21.20 points, ended at 630.40
• Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS): +3.25% or 71.00 points, closing at 2,259.00

Worst Performers on the CAC 40

• Thales (EPA:TCFP): -0.25% or 0.35 points, trading at 141.80
• Danone SA (EPA:DANO): -0.18% or 0.12 points, ended at 64.86
• Accor SA (EPA:ACCP): -0.17% or 0.08 points, closing at 46.02

Top Performers on the SBF 120

• Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP): +13.07% to 13.32
• Derichebourg (EPA:DBG): +10.91% to settle at 4.90
• Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI): +7.65% to close at 4.42

Worst Performers on the SBF 120

• Atos SE (EPA:ATOS): -98.54% to 0.00 in late trade
• Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI): -2.28% to settle at 42.83
• Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN): -1.72% to 108.70 at the close

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 182, with 90 ending unchanged. Shares in Atos SE fell to all-time lows, down 98.54% or 0.18 to 0.00.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged at 18.96, a new 52-week high.

Commodity Updates

• Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 9.64 to $2,658.04 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for January fell 1.22% or 0.83 to hit $67.47 a barrel.
• February Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.73 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.

Currency Updates

• EUR/USD was unchanged, 0.30% to 1.06.
• EUR/GBP unchanged, 0.08% to 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.03.