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 1.27%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.82% or 0.564 points to trade at 15.334 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 3.16% or 3.92 points to end at 127.98 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 3.11% or 1.12 points to 37.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 4.66% or 0.67 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 0.71% or 1.15 points to end at 161.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 0.64% or 0.10 points to 14.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 9.48% to 12.24, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 6.36% to settle at 58.240 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 5.83% to close at 96.150.
The worst performers were Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 4.66% to 13.70 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 1.18% to settle at 4.02 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 0.90% to 99.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 361 to 195 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.15% to 14.93.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 4.95 to $1479.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.30% or 2.41 to hit $58.51 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.18% or 2.54 to trade at $63.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1078, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8462.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.585.