Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.74% or 0.600 points to trade at 22.495 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.44% or 1.18 points to end at 83.27 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.33% or 0.76 points to 57.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which fell 0.52% or 0.55 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.14% or 0.02 points to end at 14.08 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 14.33.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (PA:RXL) which rose 4.29% to 13.26, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.87% to settle at 51.200 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 2.74% to close at 22.495.
The worst performers were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) which was down 0.52% to 106.00 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 0.37% to settle at 29.540 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 0.31% to 66.89 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 396 to 179 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; up 1.44% or 1.18 to 83.27.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.35% to 13.16.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.23 to $1277.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.80% or 0.38 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.20 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.