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 0.19%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 2.29% or 0.88 points to trade at 39.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 2.08% or 0.53 points to end at 25.77 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.96% or 0.33 points to 16.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 4.28% or 3.08 points to trade at 68.93 at the close. Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) declined 4.09% or 1.85 points to end at 43.38 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 2.52% or 0.74 points to 28.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 3.86% to 38.52, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.60% to settle at 6.91 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) which gained 2.29% to close at 39.30.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 11.06% to 54.82 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 9.90% to settle at 0.908 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 4.28% to 68.93 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 305 to 276 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.08% or 0.53 to 25.77. Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.06% or 6.82 to 54.82.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.66% or 12.20 to $1823.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.33% or 0.87 to hit $66.15 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.87 to trade at $69.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.2072, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 90.707.