Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 1.45% or 0.66 points to trade at 45.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.16% or 1.25 points to end at 109.25 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.14% or 1.25 points to 110.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which fell 1.35% or 0.74 points to trade at 54.03 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.13% or 0.54 points to end at 47.16 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 0.90% or 0.78 points to 85.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 4.59% to 7.176, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 4.58% to settle at 5.662 and Alten (PA:LTEN) which gained 4.57% to close at 67.52.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 7.92% to 7.92 in late trade, Nexity (PA:NEXI) which lost 1.61% to settle at 44.40 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 1.42% to 10.04 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 334 to 268 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) fell to all time lows; losing 7.92% or 0.68 to 7.92.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.41% to 14.78.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.15 to $1208.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.52% or 1.87 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.20% or 1.79 to trade at $54.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.0545, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.11.