Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Personal Goods, Foods & Drugs and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 2.57%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 2.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 6.41% or 0.81 points to trade at 13.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) added 5.69% or 6.50 points to end at 120.75 and Carrefour SA (PARIS:CARR) was up 4.63% or 1.17 points to 26.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which fell 0.83% or 0.04 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) added 0.71% or 0.10 points to end at 13.52 and Safran SA (PARIS:SAF) was up 0.76% or 0.51 points to 67.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which rose 7.43% to 3.31, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which was up 6.41% to settle at 13.46 and Remy Cointreau (PARIS:RCOP) which gained 6.15% to close at 58.67.
The worst performers were Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was down 15.71% to 23.28 in late trade, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which lost 4.88% to settle at 3.08 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 2.19% to 7.92 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 511 to 212 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 15.71% or 4.34 to 23.28. Shares in CGG (PARIS:GEPH) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.88% or 0.16 to 3.08.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.81% to 30.41.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.07% or 12.10 to $1114.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $45.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.28 to trade at $48.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.7388.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 96.44.