Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.40%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 2.93% or 1.94 points to trade at 68.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.68% or 8.50 points to end at 515.70 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.58% or 0.32 points to 20.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 2.45% or 0.530 points to trade at 21.070 at the close. Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) declined 1.72% or 1.75 points to end at 100.25 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.94% or 1.40 points to 148.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 4.69% to 103.45, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 2.93% to settle at 68.24 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 2.59% to close at 83.200.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.77% to 8.974 in late trade, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which lost 2.45% to settle at 21.070 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) which was down 2.34% to 94.46 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 302 to 250 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.76% to 16.74.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.55 to $1281.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.94% or 0.58 to hit $61.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.45 to trade at $70.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1188, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8603.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.403.