Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.59% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 5.37% or 3.33 points to trade at 65.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 2.36% or 1.03 points to end at 44.95 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.94% or 2.05 points to 107.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which fell 1.70% or 1.29 points to trade at 74.50 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 1.26% or 2.65 points to end at 208.25 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.87% or 0.52 points to 59.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 14.36% to 13.6200, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 10.47% to settle at 5.319 and Technip (PA:TECF) which gained 5.37% to close at 65.36.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.97% to 412.95 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 2.47% to settle at 5.089 and SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was down 2.43% to 126.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 386 to 302 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.94% or 2.05 to 107.75.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.12% to 19.88.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.26% or 15.00 to $1175.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 8.51% or 3.85 to hit $49.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 8.90% or 4.21 to trade at $51.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8476.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 101.58.