Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.10%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 4.81% or 2.86 points to trade at 62.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 4.36% or 15.90 points to end at 380.90 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) was up 3.00% or 0.520 points to 17.865 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 2.83% or 0.395 points to trade at 13.570 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 0.02% or 0.01 points to end at 45.33 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 0.15% or 0.02 points to 13.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 27.40% to 41.940, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 8.79% to settle at 30.68 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 6.22% to close at 14.44.
The worst performers were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 2.83% to 13.570 in late trade, CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which lost 1.06% to settle at 19.600 and Euler Hermes (PA:ELER) which was down 0.82% to 121.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 405 to 187 and 85 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 18.18% to 19.17.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.54% or 20.50 to $1350.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.39% or 0.23 to hit $59.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.33 to trade at $63.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 89.19.