Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 3.37% or 0.85 points to trade at 26.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.28% or 0.240 points to end at 10.750 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 2.23% or 0.48 points to 22.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.96% or 2.46 points to trade at 123.00 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.17% or 6.00 points to end at 508.20 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.89% or 0.22 points to 24.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 4.75% to 21.60, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which was up 3.92% to settle at 22.29 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.64% to close at 38.40.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.57% to 7.896 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.69% to settle at 32.90 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.17% to 1.625 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 293 to 275 and 87 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.78% to 13.65 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1350.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.13 to trade at $62.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.915.