France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.32% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the gained 0.32% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Air Liquide SA (EPA:), which rose 2.17% or 2.96 points to trade at 139.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (EPA:) added 1.88% or 0.83 points to end at 44.97 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was up 1.61% or 23.50 points to 1,487.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 2.42% or 5.20 points to trade at 209.30 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:) declined 1.40% or 0.21 points to end at 14.48 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 0.83% or 0.72 points to 86.55.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:) which rose 8.32% to 2.58, Eramet SA (EPA:) which was up 4.97% to settle at 78.10 and Soitec SA (EPA:) which gained 2.39% to close at 160.95.

The worst performers were Vallourec (EPA:) which was down 3.98% to 10.49 in late trade, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which lost 3.08% to settle at 22.04 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was down 2.42% to 209.30 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 300 to 241 and 85 ended unchanged.

The , 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 up 0.25% or 4.35 to $1,744.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.20% or 3.40 to hit $77.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.01% or 3.54 to trade at $84.82 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 106.34.