Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the gained 1.24%, while the index fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 5.37% or 5.75 points to trade at 112.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) added 3.14% or 2.34 points to end at 76.84 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:) was up 3.00% or 3.96 points to 135.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (EPA:), which fell 0.23% or 0.21 points to trade at 90.23 at the close. L’Oreal SA (EPA:) declined 0.05% or 0.20 points to end at 405.45 and Orange SA (EPA:) was up 0.29% or 0.03 points to 9.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mersen (EPA:) which rose 7.85% to 33.65, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 6.64% to settle at 2.73 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which gained 5.37% to close at 112.80.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 5.95% to 0.85 in late trade, Valneva (EPA:) which lost 2.24% to settle at 3.23 and Sodexo SA (EPA:) which was down 1.96% to 80.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 344 to 151 and 95 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 August delivery was up 1.61% or 37.50 to $2,370.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $82.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.14 to trade at $86.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 104.91.
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