Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Aerospace & Defense and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 2.81% or 3.70 points to trade at 135.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.27% or 1.25 points to end at 56.28 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 2.08% or 0.430 points to 21.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 3.24% or 2.09 points to trade at 62.44 at the close. L`Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 1.13% or 1.90 points to end at 165.65 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 0.72% or 0.04 points to 5.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA:TCFP) which rose 3.85% to 64.48, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 3.45% to settle at 35.56 and Eiffage (PA:FOUG) which gained 3.02% to close at 57.57.
The worst performers were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 4.87% to 19.91 in late trade, Solocal Group (PA:LOCAL) which lost 3.75% to settle at 0.282 and Havas (PA:HAVA) which was down 3.37% to 7.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 420 to 305 and 46 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.69% to 21.61.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.01% or 11.90 to $1165.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.14% or 0.99 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.67 to trade at $48.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7341.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.03.