Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal Goods, Consumer Goods and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.82%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 3.74% or 0.410 points to trade at 11.370 at the close. Meanwhile, L`Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 2.85% or 4.70 points to end at 169.85 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 2.30% or 0.56 points to 25.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 5.84% or 1.26 points to trade at 20.38 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.00% or 0.33 points to end at 15.92 and Technip (PA:TECF) was down 1.63% or 0.81 points to 48.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 4.76% to 17.29, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was up 3.74% to settle at 11.370 and L`Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which gained 2.85% to close at 169.85.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 5.84% to 20.38 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 2.26% to settle at 43.55 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 2.00% to 15.92 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 451 to 264 and 63 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.43% to 20.95.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.40 to $1085.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.60% or 1.15 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.58% or 1.24 to trade at $46.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0729, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7058.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 99.15.