France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.66%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (EPA:RENA ), which rose 4.86% or 1.93 points to trade at 41.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST ) added 3.71% or 1.20 points to end at 33.58 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN ) was up 2.15% or 5.25 points to 249.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ), which fell 3.01% or 0.29 points to trade at 9.41 at the close. Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) declined 2.57% or 0.78 points to end at 29.62 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP ) was down 2.19% or 2.25 points to 100.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which rose 8.16% to 43.33, X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB ) which was up 8.06% to settle at 4.59 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30 ) which gained 6.19% to close at 0.84.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was down 31.52% to 0.34 in late trade, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU ) which lost 3.27% to settle at 133.20 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ) which was down 3.01% to 9.41 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 289 to 218 and 75 ended unchanged.

Shares in Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN ) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.15% or 5.25 to 249.10.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 6.84 to $2,674.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.83% or 0.58 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.51 to trade at $73.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.16.

Source: Investing.com