Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 3.32%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 3.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 9.62% or 0.43 points to trade at 4.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 7.83% or 2.46 points to end at 33.81 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 6.91% or 2.89 points to 44.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 0.59% or 0.23 points to trade at 38.77 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 0.23% or 0.15 points to end at 64.90 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.76% or 0.32 points to 42.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 9.62% to 4.92, CGG (PA:GEPH) which was up 8.57% to settle at 0.76 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which gained 7.84% to close at 4.785.
The worst performers were Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 1.25% to 192.80 in late trade, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which lost 0.59% to settle at 38.77 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 0.49% to 17.32 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 483 to 188 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.38% to 19.95.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.11% or 14.00 to $1246.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.88% or 0.37 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.42 to trade at $44.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.82% to 1.1290, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7943.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.72% at 94.70.