Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF), which rose 8.17% or 3.63 points to trade at 47.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 5.28% or 5.50 points to end at 109.68 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 4.40% or 4.56 points to 108.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 5.00% or 1.49 points to trade at 28.33 at the close. Thales (PA:TCFP) declined 4.90% or 5.30 points to end at 102.90 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 2.92% or 1.70 points to 56.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 8.87% to 19.51, Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was up 8.47% to settle at 16.13 and TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) which gained 8.17% to close at 47.98.
The worst performers were Albioma SA (PA:ABIO) which was down 14.88% to 32.96 in late trade, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which lost 8.68% to settle at 87.56 and Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was down 6.37% to 136.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 258 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.68% or 8.32 to 87.56. Shares in Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.37% or 9.30 to 136.60.
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 April delivery was down 1.20% or 23.40 to $1,920.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 5.56% or 5.75 to hit $109.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 5.74% or 6.03 to trade at $111.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.54.