Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 2.58% or 0.80 points to trade at 31.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 2.04% or 0.102 points to end at 5.102 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.71% or 0.75 points to 44.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 2.13% or 0.122 points to trade at 5.596 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 1.53% or 1.60 points to end at 102.85 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was down 1.06% or 0.14 points to 13.53.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (PA:RXL) which rose 3.69% to 14.18, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was up 2.58% to settle at 31.80 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.55% to close at 62.310.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.11% to 25.930 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which lost 2.13% to settle at 5.596 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which was down 1.53% to 102.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 333 to 290 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rexel (PA:RXL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.69% or 0.51 to 14.18.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.53% to 18.94.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.13% or 15.15 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.97% or 1.43 to hit $46.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 0.94 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.75.