Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.28% or 0.33 points to trade at 26.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.11% or 0.20 points to end at 17.74 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.84% or 1.10 points to 131.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which fell 0.77% or 0.77 points to trade at 98.75 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.71% or 0.100 points to end at 13.900 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 0.65% or 0.80 points to 121.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.84% to 5.060, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 3.65% to settle at 51.30 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 2.34% to close at 101.350.
The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 2.15% to 12.95 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.50% to settle at 13.45 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.49% to 59.490 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 311 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.65% or 1.80 to 51.30. Shares in Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) rose to all time highs; up 2.34% or 2.320 to 101.350.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.68% to 11.58.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.30 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.57 to trade at $65.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1900, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.