Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.62% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN), which rose 2.13% or 4.45 points to trade at 213.70 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) added 2.08% or 1.24 points to end at 60.95 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) was up 1.76% or 1.07 points to 61.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO), which fell 2.14% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.90 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) declined 1.92% or 0.19 points to end at 9.79 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was down 1.84% or 0.82 points to 43.49.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which rose 7.41% to 15.94, Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) which was up 2.55% to settle at 42.25 and Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) which gained 2.54% to close at 22.65.
The worst performers were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was down 4.52% to 2.28 in late trade, Argan (EPA:ARGAN) which lost 3.84% to settle at 75.10 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 3.63% to 3.56 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 282 to 240 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) rose to all time highs; up 2.13% or 4.45 to 213.70. Shares in Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 7.41% or 1.10 to 15.94. Shares in Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.55% or 1.05 to 42.25.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.68% or 14.65 to $2,180.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.69% or 2.09 to hit $79.65 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.40% or 1.97 to trade at $83.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.35.