Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.24% or 3.40 points to trade at 108.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 2.66% or 0.97 points to end at 37.50 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.27% or 2.50 points to 112.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which fell 2.42% or 2.24 points to trade at 90.14 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.55% or 0.255 points to end at 16.185 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 1.43% or 0.395 points to 27.320.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 3.53% to 25.20, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was up 3.24% to settle at 108.48 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 2.66% to close at 37.50.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.72% to 20.580 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 4.41% to settle at 68.250 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 2.96% to 60.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 289 to 286 and 101 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.31% to 12.31.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.54% or 6.50 to $1198.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $71.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.20 to trade at $81.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.