Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Personal Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 6.04% or 1.07 points to trade at 18.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 3.78% or 1.88 points to end at 51.62 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was up 2.55% or 1.10 points to 44.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which fell 2.97% or 3.80 points to trade at 124.20 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PARIS:BNPP) declined 0.93% or 0.53 points to end at 56.23 and Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) was down 0.80% or 0.35 points to 44.12.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance (PARIS:ROCH) which rose 9.62% to 68.96, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which was up 6.04% to settle at 18.86 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which gained 5.62% to close at 4.58.
The worst performers were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 5.13% to 40.45 in late trade, Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) which lost 3.40% to settle at 17.200 and Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB) which was down 2.97% to 124.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 481 to 330 and 52 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.50% to 19.10.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1096.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.54% or 1.22 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.58 to trade at $53.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1024, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.96.