France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.04% 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 rose 1.04% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index added 0.91%.

The best performers of the session on the were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:), which rose 5.03% or 35.30 points to trade at 737.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:) added 3.94% or 58.50 points to end at 1,542.50 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 3.05% or 1.03 points to 34.81 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 2.58% or 1.34 points to trade at 50.64 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA:) declined 1.94% or 1.71 points to end at 86.48 and AXA SA (EPA:) was down 1.22% or 0.34 points to 27.02.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano SA (EPA:) which rose 6.80% to 119.40, Elior Group (EPA:) which was up 5.99% to settle at 2.90 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which gained 5.03% to close at 737.30.

The worst performers were Rexel (EPA:) which was down 6.08% to 17.45 in late trade, Nexans SA (EPA:) which lost 6.03% to settle at 84.10 and Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 4.32% to 243.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 264 to 257 and 105 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 1.04% or 18.15 to $1,766.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.89% or 2.26 to hit $80.46 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.97% or 2.50 to trade at $86.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 106.89.