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 added 0.26%, while the index climbed 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Renault SA (EPA:), which rose 5.21% or 2.32 points to trade at 46.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (EPA:) added 3.55% or 0.09 points to end at 2.60 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was up 2.52% or 2.02 points to 82.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 3.01% or 3.35 points to trade at 108.00 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) declined 1.17% or 0.40 points to end at 33.87 and Edenred SA (EPA:) was down 1.06% or 0.33 points to 30.71.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which unchanged 31.25% to 0.00, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:) which was up 11.72% to settle at 149.70 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 6.20% to close at 5.09.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:) which was down 4.47% to 8.43 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) which lost 3.01% to settle at 108.00 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which was down 2.11% to 12.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 260 to 234 and 96 ended unchanged.
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 February delivery was down 0.37% or 9.95 to $2,652.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.75 to trade at $73.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.86.
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