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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.13%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.18%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (EPA: TCFP ), which rose 5.57% or 13.20 points to trade at 250.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) added 4.30% or 6.98 points to end at 169.20 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) was up 3.57% or 1.02 points to 29.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ), which fell 10.71% or 26.80 points to trade at 223.55 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV ) declined 3.01% or 0.09 points to end at 2.77 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) was down 2.36% or 1.19 points to 49.21.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA: UBIP ) which rose 6.80% to 13.12, Viridien SA (EPA: VIRI ) which was up 6.57% to settle at 63.39 and Spie SA (EPA: SPIE ) which gained 6.19% to close at 41.84.

The worst performers were Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) which was down 10.71% to 223.55 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which lost 7.29% to settle at 5.92 and Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was unchanged 4.76% to 0.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 191 and 94 ended unchanged.

Shares in Thales (EPA: TCFP ) rose to all time highs; up 5.57% or 13.20 to 250.10. Shares in Spie SA (EPA: SPIE ) rose to all time highs; rising 6.19% or 2.44 to 41.84.

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 April delivery was up 0.28% or 8.49 to $2,999.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.71 to hit $67.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.70 to trade at $70.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.42% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 103.70.