France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.52%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (EPA:RENA ), which rose 3.31% or 1.26 points to trade at 39.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD ) added 2.16% or 2.20 points to end at 104.05 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF ) was up 2.04% or 2.15 points to 107.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ), which fell 2.13% or 1.94 points to trade at 89.00 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP ) declined 1.73% or 0.60 points to end at 34.08 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS ) was down 1.58% or 34.00 points to 2,115.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Forvia (EPA:FRVIA ) which rose 4.28% to 8.63, Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) which was up 4.10% to settle at 6.35 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) which gained 3.31% to close at 39.35.

The worst performers were JC Decaux SA (EPA:JCDX ) which was down 2.43% to 18.89 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which lost 2.26% to settle at 3.37 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) which was down 2.13% to 89.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 288 to 206 and 103 ended unchanged.

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 December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.75 to $2,633.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.34 to hit $73.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.52 to trade at $76.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.61.

Source: Investing.com