Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 3.06% or 0.565 points to trade at 19.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 2.99% or 1.38 points to end at 47.48 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 2.62% or 0.735 points to 28.760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 2.22% or 1.22 points to trade at 53.78 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.46% or 0.20 points to end at 43.21 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 0.42% or 0.36 points to 84.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 6.42% to 5.470, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 5.29% to settle at 63.650 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 4.24% to close at 24.560.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 3.34% to 13.16 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 2.42% to settle at 19.17 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 2.22% to 53.78 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 418 to 187 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.62% or 0.735 to 28.760.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.80% to 10.85.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.74% or 1.05 to hit $61.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 1.04 to trade at $67.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2027, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 91.80.