Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.39%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which rose 6.40% or 2.85 points to trade at 47.36 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.07% or 0.81 points to end at 27.23 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) was up 2.87% or 0.77 points to 27.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (EPA:ORAN), which fell 0.50% or 0.05 points to trade at 10.80 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) added 0.25% or 0.09 points to end at 36.13 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) was up 0.42% or 0.26 points to 61.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) which rose 6.40% to 47.36, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was up 5.82% to settle at 23.27 and Trigano SA (EPA:TRIA) which gained 5.18% to close at 117.70.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 16.75% to 10.71 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which lost 7.12% to settle at 1.81 and Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) which was down 1.65% to 19.11 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 314 to 234 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) rose to 5-year highs; up 6.40% or 2.85 to 47.36. Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.40% or 2.85 to 47.36. Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) fell to all time lows; down 7.12% or 0.14 to 1.81.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.35% or 6.90 to $1,983.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.39 to trade at $77.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.41.