Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.84%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 5.79% or 1.52 points to trade at 27.77 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 5.63% or 0.640 points to end at 12.010 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 3.80% or 3.32 points to 90.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which fell 1.36% or 1.45 points to trade at 105.15 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 0.81% or 1.60 points to end at 197.05 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was down 0.69% or 0.21 points to 30.09.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 14.28% to 84.85, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 13.02% to settle at 1.467 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which gained 10.82% to close at 23.25.
The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 4.57% to 162.90 in late trade, Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which lost 3.52% to settle at 12.33 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.36% to 114.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 408 to 170 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.69% or 0.21 to 30.09.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.98% to 18.77 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.35 to $1289.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.40% or 2.19 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.95% or 2.32 to trade at $61.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1529, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 94.890.