Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.70% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 4.01% or 2.52 points to trade at 65.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 2.88% or 0.26 points to end at 9.44 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 2.62% or 1.60 points to 62.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which fell 15.51% or 0.695 points to trade at 3.786 at the close. Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) declined 0.93% or 0.74 points to end at 78.82 and Vivendi (PARIS:VIV) was down 0.42% or 0.10 points to 23.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which rose 6.58% to 6.59, Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was up 6.46% to settle at 26.03 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which gained 4.01% to close at 65.31.
The worst performers were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) which was down 15.51% to 3.786 in late trade, Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which lost 2.11% to settle at 52.080 and Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which was down 1.94% to 44.12 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 570 to 344 and 47 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.51% to 17.29.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.60 to $1196.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.62% or 2.46 to hit $55.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.22% or 2.52 to trade at $62.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.0608, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.7180.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.16.