Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.45%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 7.20% or 3.900 points to trade at 58.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.29% or 0.29 points to end at 12.95 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was up 2.27% or 2.35 points to 105.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.51% or 0.348 points to trade at 13.510 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.77% or 0.34 points to end at 18.82 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 1.32% or 0.30 points to 22.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 7.20% to 58.050, Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which was up 5.01% to settle at 1195.00 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 4.11% to close at 19.75.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 2.51% to 13.510 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.31% to settle at 32.10 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.28% to 1.434 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 370 to 195 and 91 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.20% to 15.75.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 4.25 to $1332.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.87% or 2.07 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.63 to trade at $60.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.195.