Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.23% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.38% or 0.91 points to trade at 27.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.87% or 0.97 points to end at 52.78 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.48% or 0.290 points to 19.885 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 1.48% or 0.30 points to trade at 20.01 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.05% or 1.05 points to end at 99.19 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 1.01% or 4.90 points to 480.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.74% to 5.080, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.38% to settle at 27.85 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 2.76% to close at 76.200.
The worst performers were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 8.79% to 11.930 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 2.87% to settle at 9.49 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 2.72% to 41.87 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 241 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Total SA (PA:TOTF) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.87% or 0.97 to 52.78. Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.76% or 2.050 to 76.200.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.75% to 12.48.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1312.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.20% or 2.21 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 2.37 to trade at $77.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1849, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.