Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.71% or 0.248 points to trade at 6.938 at the close. Meanwhile, Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 3.57% or 3.03 points to end at 87.93 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.88% or 1.24 points to 44.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 1.05% or 0.18 points to trade at 17.47 at the close. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 0.98% or 1.10 points to end at 111.65 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 0.83% or 1.85 points to 221.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 4.99% to 23.56, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.17% to settle at 7.500 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 3.71% to close at 6.938.
The worst performers were Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 3.33% to 20.30 in late trade, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which lost 2.61% to settle at 60.00 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was down 1.21% to 68.81 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 340 to 286 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Edenred (PA:EDEN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.99% or 1.12 to 23.56.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.83% to 27.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.86% or 11.10 to $1283.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.39% or 0.73 to hit $51.68 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 0.80 to trade at $54.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8379.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.69.