Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 3.62% or 5.35 points to trade at 153.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.84% or 0.61 points to end at 33.71 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.64% or 1.44 points to 89.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.69% or 2.00 points to trade at 116.50 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.67% or 0.48 points to end at 28.34 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 1.26% or 0.34 points to 26.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 3.70% to 8.550, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.69% to settle at 12.36 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which gained 3.62% to close at 153.25.
The worst performers were Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which was down 3.49% to 1300.00 in late trade, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which lost 3.16% to settle at 44.40 and Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 3.06% to 15.07 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 325 to 233 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) rose to all time highs; up 1.64% or 1.44 to 89.44. Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.06% or 0.47 to 15.07.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.11% to 14.53.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1312.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.75% or 0.48 to hit $64.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.00 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8609.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.537.