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 0.90% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 4.60% or 1.28 points to trade at 29.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 3.04% or 17.30 points to end at 587.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.99% or 0.46 points to 15.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 3.65% or 2.96 points to trade at 78.10 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.53% or 0.25 points to end at 16.07 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.71% or 0.18 points to 25.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 7.96% to 16.01, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 4.60% to settle at 29.13 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which gained 3.44% to close at 12.92.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 3.65% to 78.10 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 3.16% to settle at 4.11 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 3.00% to 67.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 237 and 92 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.46% to 13.52.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.43% or 6.95 to $1610.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.54% or 1.33 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.56% or 1.48 to trade at $59.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0791, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.8354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.602.