France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.30% 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 2.30% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index added 2.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Alstom SA (EPA:), which rose 6.46% or 1.50 points to trade at 24.72 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (EPA:) added 5.25% or 17.75 points to end at 356.15 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) was up 5.01% or 35.20 points to 738.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 2.34% or 1.38 points to trade at 57.60 at the close. Engie SA (EPA:) declined 1.94% or 0.26 points to end at 13.25 and Thales (EPA:) was down 1.81% or 2.10 points to 113.95.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (EPA:) which rose 7.53% to 24.00, Elior Group (EPA:) which was up 6.79% to settle at 3.78 and Alstom SA (EPA:) which gained 6.46% to close at 24.72.

The worst performers were Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:) which was down 5.42% to 15.10 in late trade, Vallourec (EPA:) which lost 5.15% to settle at 11.60 and SES Imagotag (EPA:) which was down 5.12% to 114.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 216 and 90 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 0.56% or 10.25 to $1,856.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.38% or 3.37 to hit $73.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 4.24% or 3.48 to trade at $78.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 103.99.