Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.18% or 0.57 points to trade at 18.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.78% or 2.02 points to end at 74.65 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 2.75% or 3.45 points to 129.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.93% or 0.435 points to trade at 22.050 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.23% or 0.64 points to end at 51.39 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.41% or 0.34 points to 82.33.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 3.61% to 56.210, Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which was up 3.39% to settle at 82.71 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.18% to close at 18.66.
The worst performers were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 3.64% to 48.15 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 1.93% to settle at 22.050 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.64% to 3.836 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 321 to 277 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to all time highs; up 3.61% or 1.960 to 56.210.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.67% to 12.56.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 3.96 to $1248.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.72 to trade at $50.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1629, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.03.