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 added 0.22%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which rose 2.23% or 2.30 points to trade at 105.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.64% or 0.380 points to end at 23.530 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.56% or 0.23 points to 14.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which fell 1.70% or 1.80 points to trade at 104.25 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 1.37% or 1.95 points to end at 140.75 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 1.23% or 0.94 points to 75.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.92% to 41.92, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.40% to settle at 12.18 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 2.42% to close at 52.900.
The worst performers were Covivio SA (PA:CVO) which was down 2.41% to 101.30 in late trade, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which lost 2.12% to settle at 32.31 and Gecina SA (PA:GFCP) which was down 2.07% to 156.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 302 to 256 and 115 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.58% to 14.83.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.47% or 6.95 to $1475.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.84% or 0.50 to hit $58.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.68 to trade at $63.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1092, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.395.