Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.36% or 0.189 points to trade at 4.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 3.98% or 0.60 points to end at 15.69 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.60% or 0.94 points to 37.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which fell 0.80% or 0.70 points to trade at 86.55 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 0.26% or 0.19 points to end at 74.13 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 0.13% or 0.03 points to 19.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which rose 11.59% to 21.29, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 4.93% to settle at 29.93 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 4.36% to close at 4.520.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 1.71% to 106.25 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 1.41% to settle at 25.500 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 1.41% to 23.755 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 422 to 207 and 130 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.73% to 35.00.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.64 to trade at $49.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7933.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.84.