Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.57% or 0.350 points to trade at 22.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.10% or 0.49 points to end at 45.67 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 1.02% or 0.52 points to 51.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which fell 1.96% or 2.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) declined 1.87% or 0.310 points to end at 16.270 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.53% or 0.94 points to 60.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 5.56% to 119.60, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.69% to settle at 53.100 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.25% to close at 46.35.
The worst performers were Alten (PA:LTEN) which was down 6.80% to 72.82 in late trade, Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which lost 4.73% to settle at 15.505 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 2.13% to 48.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 279 to 277 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.25% or 1.89 to 46.35.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.98% to 11.09.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.52 to $1316.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.08 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.21 to trade at $56.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2002, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.