Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which rose 7.18% or 0.37 points to trade at 5.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) added 6.78% or 4.71 points to end at 74.19 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 2.82% or 0.40 points to 14.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PARIS:ESSI), which fell 2.89% or 3.20 points to trade at 107.35 at the close. Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) declined 2.29% or 2.00 points to end at 85.30 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) was down 2.16% or 1.05 points to 47.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 8.68% to 10.69, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was up 8.04% to settle at 3.83 and Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which gained 7.21% to close at 34.20.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PARIS:DBV) which was down 5.05% to 61.240 in late trade, Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which lost 4.93% to settle at 16.97 and Thales (PARIS:TCFP) which was down 3.51% to 62.42 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 373 to 343 and 45 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.56% to 25.07 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1145.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $48.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.27 to trade at $52.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1247, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.7335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.59.