Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.76%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 10.37% or 11.20 points to trade at 119.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) added 6.50% or 6.10 points to end at 99.88 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) was up 4.78% or 6.38 points to 139.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP), which fell 1.30% or 0.47 points to trade at 35.57 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) declined 1.21% or 0.78 points to end at 63.46 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) was down 1.01% or 2.90 points to 284.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which rose 11.16% to 3.72, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was up 10.37% to settle at 119.20 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) which gained 7.54% to close at 5.92.
The worst performers were SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which was down 6.20% to 19.81 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which lost 3.27% to settle at 0.98 and Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which was down 2.46% to 134.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 258 to 222 and 103 ended unchanged.
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 December delivery was up 0.64% or 15.70 to $2,467.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.57% or 2.67 to hit $77.40 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.06% or 2.39 to trade at $80.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 103.95.