Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 5.02% or 1.66 points to trade at 34.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 4.69% or 1.10 points to end at 24.57 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.02% or 1.28 points to 64.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 1.18% or 0.054 points to trade at 4.512 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 0.94% or 0.20 points to end at 20.46 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was down 0.81% or 0.12 points to 14.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 6.98% to 21.77, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was up 5.02% to settle at 34.70 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 4.70% to close at 8.469.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 2.70% to 18.005 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 1.77% to settle at 10.26 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 1.49% to 10.560 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 328 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Edenred (PA:EDEN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.98% or 1.42 to 21.77. Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.70% or 0.500 to 18.005.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.85% to 17.57.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.45 to $1270.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.02% or 1.52 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.29 to trade at $52.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.