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 gained 0.13% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 2.49% or 0.97 points to trade at 40.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.04% or 0.22 points to end at 11.10 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.89% or 1.31 points to 70.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 1.75% or 0.42 points to trade at 23.63 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.31% or 0.42 points to end at 31.52 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 1.23% or 1.75 points to 141.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 5.73% to 0.708, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 4.90% to settle at 20.560 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 4.82% to close at 6.09.
The worst performers were Albioma SA (PA:ABIO) which was down 3.20% to 43.80 in late trade, Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which lost 3.10% to settle at 17.49 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 2.27% to 4.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 267 and 82 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.84% to 22.31.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 7.35 to $1973.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.99% or 1.91 to hit $40.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.17% or 1.69 to trade at $42.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1833, while EUR/GBP fell 0.78% to 0.9117.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.998.