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 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 3.60% or 3.24 points to trade at 93.24 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 3.46% or 4.10 points to end at 122.65 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.59% or 0.66 points to 42.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 3.39% or 4.25 points to trade at 121.00 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 2.18% or 5.40 points to end at 242.00 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was down 0.97% or 1.00 points to 102.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 8.45% to 9.424, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 5.91% to settle at 1.999 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which gained 3.95% to close at 18.180.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 8.51% to 62.90 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 3.57% to settle at 10.12 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 3.39% to 121.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 292 to 256 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.39% or 4.25 to 121.00. Shares in BIC (PA:BICP) fell to 5-year lows; down 8.51% or 5.85 to 62.90. Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.39% or 4.25 to 121.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.19% to 14.81.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.42% or 6.00 to $1423.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.78% or 0.45 to hit $58.50 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.48 to trade at $65.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1127, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.9111.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.915.