Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.59% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 4.76% or 0.560 points to trade at 12.315 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 3.07% or 3.15 points to end at 105.80 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.88% or 1.85 points to 66.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 1.47% or 1.33 points to trade at 88.85 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.16% or 2.70 points to end at 229.55 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 0.86% or 0.16 points to 18.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which rose 4.76% to 12.315, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 3.07% to settle at 105.80 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which gained 2.88% to close at 33.44.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 2.57% to 27.15 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 2.41% to settle at 17.00 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 1.47% to 88.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 340 to 260 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ipsos (PA:ISOS) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.88% or 0.94 to 33.44.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.44% to 14.24.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.61% or 7.45 to $1232.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0595, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 101.10.