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 rose 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 3.82% or 0.48 points to trade at 13.04 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.62% or 0.70 points to end at 27.37 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 2.21% or 0.66 points to 30.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 0.81% or 1.12 points to trade at 136.88 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.70% or 0.11 points to end at 15.54 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.63% or 1.00 points to 158.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which rose 9.00% to 29.43, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 5.91% to settle at 4.16 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 5.58% to close at 67.15.
The worst performers were Quadient SA (PA:QDT) which was down 4.00% to 22.56 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which lost 2.03% to settle at 13.54 and Metropole Television SA (PA:MMTP) which was down 1.32% to 14.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 263 and 68 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.66% to 13.74.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 6.15 to $1561.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 4.09% or 2.03 to hit $51.64 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 3.87% or 2.09 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1001, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 98.090.