Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.06%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which rose 9.03% or 2.88 points to trade at 34.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 3.17% or 0.50 points to end at 16.30 and Stellantis NV (PA:STLA) was up 2.51% or 0.44 points to 17.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 1.97% or 13.40 points to trade at 668.50 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.88% or 0.25 points to end at 12.85 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 1.68% or 0.47 points to 27.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 23.17% to 21.740, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was up 9.03% to settle at 34.78 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which gained 7.74% to close at 22.84.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.73% to 227.40 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 2.86% to settle at 49.33 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 2.07% to 459.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 298 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Spie SA (PA:SPIE) rose to 3-years highs; up 7.74% or 1.64 to 22.84.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.27% or 23.20 to $1854.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.82% or 1.53 to hit $82.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 1.06 to trade at $83.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1519, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 94.575.