Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.44%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF), which rose 3.38% or 3.90 points to trade at 119.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) added 3.21% or 0.098 points to end at 3.147 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN) was up 3.15% or 1.64 points to 53.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which fell 0.29% or 0.30 points to trade at 104.40 at the close. Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) declined 0.26% or 0.07 points to end at 28.94 and Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY) was down 0.14% or 0.05 points to 34.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which rose 6.91% to 15.00, Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) which was up 6.41% to settle at 97.25 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which gained 5.87% to close at 68.500.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was down 3.83% to 6.427 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which lost 2.38% to settle at 102.75 and Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was down 0.82% to 32.02 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 511 to 215 and 51 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.66% to 28.50.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.57% or 17.60 to $1103.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.48% or 0.68 to hit $45.26 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 0.86 to trade at $48.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1148, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.7258.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.32.