Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the gained 0.52%, while the index added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which rose 2.97% or 3.60 points to trade at 124.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 1.88% or 1.30 points to end at 70.56 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 1.61% or 0.68 points to 43.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 0.87% or 0.90 points to trade at 102.90 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 0.71% or 0.10 points to end at 14.08 and Danone SA (EPA:) was down 0.43% or 0.26 points to 60.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lectra SA (EPA:) which rose 3.38% to 27.50, Derichebourg (EPA:) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.89 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) which gained 2.97% to close at 124.80.
The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 4.00% to 3.45 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:) which lost 3.65% to settle at 8.72 and Voltalia SA (EPA:) which was down 2.99% to 8.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 276 to 186 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Emeis SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; down 3.65% or 0.33 to 8.72.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 5.10 to $2,545.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.04% or 0.76 to hit $72.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.61 to trade at $76.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.07.
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