Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Household Goods, Automobiles & Parts and General Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.94%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.89%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 3.87% or 3.62 points to trade at 97.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) added 3.73% or 2.17 points to end at 60.37 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 3.44% or 0.64 points to 19.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDF (PARIS:EDF), which fell 0.55% or 0.11 points to trade at 19.89 at the close. Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 0.16% or 0.09 points to end at 55.61 and L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP) was up 0.53% or 0.85 points to 160.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which rose 6.00% to 44.16, SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) which was up 5.98% to settle at 88.60 and Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which gained 5.27% to close at 24.06.
The worst performers were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 1.15% to 47.000 in late trade, Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which lost 0.60% to settle at 69.06 and EDF (PARIS:EDF) which was down 0.55% to 19.89 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 643 to 169 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDF (PARIS:EDF) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.55% or 0.11 to 19.89. Shares in SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) rose to all time highs; up 5.98% or 5.00 to 88.60. Shares in Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.60% or 0.42 to 69.06. Shares in EDF (PARIS:EDF) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.55% or 0.11 to 19.89.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.18% to 29.33.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.20 to $1169.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.16% or 1.88 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.06 to trade at $62.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1082, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7099.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 96.27.