Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 3.12% or 2.60 points to trade at 85.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 3.12% or 1.95 points to end at 64.35 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 2.60% or 1.95 points to 77.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 0.06% or 0.01 points to trade at 24.22 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 0.27% or 0.20 points to end at 74.64 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.27% or 0.040 points to 14.745.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.81% to 69.370, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 4.04% to settle at 20.35 and Bureau Veritas (PA:BVI) which gained 3.44% to close at 19.86.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.66% to 26.000 in late trade, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which lost 0.76% to settle at 61.73 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 0.69% to 48.07 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 413 to 186 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.27% or 0.040 to 14.745.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.13% to 13.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.47% or 5.65 to $1220.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.44% or 0.65 to hit $45.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.46 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP fell 0.80% to 0.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.53.