Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.39% or 1.65 points to trade at 120.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.24% or 1.00 points to end at 81.89 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.11% or 0.81 points to 73.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.88% or 0.71 points to trade at 23.98 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.49% or 0.66 points to end at 43.33 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 1.30% or 0.23 points to 17.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 2.94% to 209.90, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 2.92% to settle at 12.875 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.87% to close at 32.300.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.31% to 5.466 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.30% to settle at 12.145 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.88% to 23.98 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 292 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.24% or 1.00 to 81.89. Shares in Worldline SA (PA:WLN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.87% or 0.900 to 32.300.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.95% to 14.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.35% or 4.28 to $1223.48 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.46% or 1.63 to hit $45.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.92% or 1.45 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.