Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.69% or 0.710 points to trade at 19.932 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 3.05% or 14.20 points to end at 480.00 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 2.98% or 1.14 points to 39.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 2.18% or 1.65 points to trade at 73.88 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 2.06% or 1.10 points to end at 52.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 1.49% or 2.30 points to 151.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 10.48% to 52.62, Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which was up 7.90% to settle at 98.06 and Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which gained 5.25% to close at 329.00.
The worst performers were Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which was down 3.66% to 27.650 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 3.16% to settle at 87.40 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.92% to 87.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 231 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iliad (PA:ILD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.92% or 2.64 to 87.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.71% to 14.20.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1314.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.09% or 1.11 to hit $54.21 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.25 to trade at $63.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.887.