Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.60%, while the SBF 120 index added 2.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 4.77% or 2.18 points to trade at 47.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 4.66% or 0.73 points to end at 16.50 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 4.59% or 0.182 points to 4.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 1.12% or 0.12 points to trade at 11.06 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 0.01% or 0.01 points to end at 68.33 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 0.03% or 0.01 points to 39.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 11.04% to 23.935, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 9.20% to settle at 3.216 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 7.93% to close at 28.500.
The worst performers were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 1.12% to 11.06 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 1.06% to settle at 28.86 and Saft (PA:S1A) which was unchanged 0.00% to 36.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 527 to 138 and 98 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.43% to 26.52.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.72% or 9.45 to $1327.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.90% or 1.39 to hit $49.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.86% or 1.41 to trade at $50.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1104, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8233.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 95.80.