Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.83%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.55% or 0.560 points to trade at 22.535 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.33% or 0.31 points to end at 13.60 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was up 2.07% or 0.110 points to 5.431 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.03% or 0.44 points to trade at 21.22 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.42% or 0.35 points to end at 82.24 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 0.25% or 0.13 points to 51.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 10.07% to 53.500, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 5.73% to settle at 51.680 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 4.22% to close at 40.74.
The worst performers were Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was down 2.66% to 129.70 in late trade, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which lost 2.03% to settle at 21.22 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 1.49% to 25.760 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 369 to 215 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.07% or 4.895 to 53.500.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.73% to 12.93.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.09 to $1240.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.49 to hit $46.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.54 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1519, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.57.