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 1.18%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 4.05% or 1.78 points to trade at 45.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 3.71% or 6.60 points to end at 184.55 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 3.19% or 20.00 points to 646.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 5.49% or 0.93 points to trade at 15.93 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.59% or 0.50 points to end at 30.95 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.84% or 0.62 points to 73.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which rose 11.72% to 19.06, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 4.05% to settle at 45.74 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which gained 4.00% to close at 108.00.
The worst performers were Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which was down 7.35% to 21.68 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 6.71% to settle at 9.45 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 5.49% to 15.93 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 356 to 250 and 90 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.35 to $1817.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.85% or 0.58 to hit $67.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.60 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1851, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.435.