Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.74%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 5.03% or 0.76 points to trade at 15.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 4.17% or 26.10 points to end at 652.20 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 3.19% or 19.30 points to 624.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 1.22% or 0.83 points to trade at 67.30 at the close. Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) declined 1.02% or 3.40 points to end at 328.90 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 0.92% or 0.47 points to 50.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 5.03% to 15.86, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 4.60% to settle at 10.32 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which gained 4.17% to close at 652.20.
The worst performers were Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 6.18% to 11.990 in late trade, CNP Assurances SA (PA:CNPP) which lost 5.27% to settle at 14.64 and Covivio SA (PA:CVO) which was down 3.40% to 75.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 299 to 276 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kering SA (PA:PRTP) rose to all time highs; up 4.17% or 26.10 to 652.20. Shares in Kering SA (PA:PRTP) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.17% or 26.10 to 652.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.83% or 14.75 to $1793.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.44% or 0.90 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.80 to trade at $65.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2033, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.110.