Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials , Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.99%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (EPA: CAGR ), which rose 2.44% or 0.32 points to trade at 13.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) added 2.19% or 1.76 points to end at 82.16 and Stellantis NV (EPA: STLAM ) was up 2.08% or 0.26 points to 12.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ), which fell 0.84% or 0.28 points to trade at 33.17 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) declined 0.77% or 0.38 points to end at 49.10 and Renault SA (EPA: RENA ) was down 0.49% or 0.23 points to 46.85.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which unchanged 17.39% to 0.00, Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was up 12.69% to settle at 5.95 and Clariane SE (EPA: CLARI ) which gained 9.89% to close at 2.04.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which was down 1.85% to 2.22 in late trade, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ) which lost 0.84% to settle at 33.17 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) which was down 0.77% to 49.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 327 to 174 and 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) fell to all time lows; falling 1.85% or 0.04 to 2.22.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 23.64 to $2,630.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.85% or 0.59 to hit $70.21 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.57 to trade at $73.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 107.88.