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 0.33% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 3.98% or 1.28 points to trade at 33.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 3.54% or 2.18 points to end at 63.73 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 3.29% or 2.34 points to 73.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 2.26% or 1.95 points to trade at 84.50 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.34% or 0.85 points to end at 62.78 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 1.30% or 0.36 points to 27.37.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 9.86% to 7.13, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was up 3.98% to settle at 33.59 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which gained 3.54% to close at 63.73.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.86% to 8.22 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 2.85% to settle at 5.93 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.27% to 7.740 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 312 to 280 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.54% or 2.18 to 63.73. Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.54% or 2.18 to 63.73.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1813.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.54% or 2.50 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.80% or 2.03 to trade at $70.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1841, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.243.