France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.80% 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 0.80% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index gained 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kering SA (EPA:), which rose 3.64% or 19.10 points to trade at 543.40 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) added 3.06% or 1.62 points to end at 54.50 and Vivendi SA (EPA:) was up 2.42% or 0.23 points to 9.64 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which fell 4.83% or 3.22 points to trade at 63.40 at the close. Thales (EPA:) declined 1.82% or 2.10 points to end at 113.50 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 1.23% or 2.90 points to 233.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 14.30% to 8.65, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which was up 6.83% to settle at 314.30 and Atos SE (EPA:) which gained 6.19% to close at 12.27.

The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) which was down 4.83% to 63.40 in late trade, Verallia (EPA:) which lost 4.21% to settle at 32.30 and CGG SA (EPA:) which was down 3.50% to 0.67 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 330 to 222 and 86 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 February delivery was up 0.07% or 1.30 to $1,877.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.02% or 2.27 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.96% or 2.37 to trade at $82.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 103.07.