Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Construction & Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 5.45% or 3.24 points to trade at 62.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) added 1.75% or 0.79 points to end at 46.00 and Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) was up 1.03% or 0.64 points to 62.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which fell 4.36% or 3.79 points to trade at 83.08 at the close. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) declined 3.18% or 4.45 points to end at 135.65 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) was down 1.99% or 1.00 points to 49.29.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) which rose 5.45% to 62.67, Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was up 4.02% to settle at 53.77 and Virbac (PARIS:VIRB) which gained 2.93% to close at 243.95.
The worst performers were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) which was down 4.36% to 83.08 in late trade, Zodiac Aerospace (PARIS:ZODC) which lost 4.33% to settle at 33.12 and Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 3.75% to 52.310 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 483 to 417 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) rose to all time highs; up 1.03% or 0.64 to 62.88.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.39% to 18.53.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.28% or 3.20 to $1151.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in May fell 1.81% or 0.82 to hit $44.37 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.38 to trade at $53.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0665, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.7246.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 99.48.