Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.45% or 2.50 points to trade at 104.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.51% or 0.184 points to end at 12.398 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.46% or 0.390 points to 27.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.60% or 0.93 points to trade at 34.78 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 1.48% or 1.55 points to end at 103.20 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) was down 1.21% or 6.80 points to 557.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 18.09% to 1.234, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 9.13% to settle at 8.125 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 4.08% to close at 19.660.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 5.44% to 50.400 in late trade, Bureau Veritas (PA:BVI) which lost 3.41% to settle at 21.55 and Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 3.37% to 16.93 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 314 to 260 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.60% or 0.93 to 34.78.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.69% to 13.36.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.00 to $1203.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.32% or 0.24 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.51 to trade at $85.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1519, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.37.