France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.31%

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 0.31%, while the index gained 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sodexo SA (PA:), which rose 2.48% or 2.60 points to trade at 107.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:) added 2.04% or 2.20 points to end at 110.25 and Vinci SA (PA:) was up 1.92% or 1.88 points to 99.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:), which fell 2.68% or 0.51 points to trade at 18.50 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) declined 2.65% or 3.70 points to end at 135.70 and Danone SA (PA:) was down 2.03% or 1.50 points to 72.56.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:) which rose 4.69% to 63.900, Trigano SA (PA:) which was up 4.20% to settle at 94.35 and Elior Group (PA:) which gained 3.84% to close at 12.98.

The worst performers were Virbac SA (PA:) which was down 7.43% to 218.00 in late trade, Klepierre SA (PA:) which lost 3.44% to settle at 33.10 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:) which was down 2.68% to 18.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 281 to 277 and 93 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.24% to 13.57.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 11.05 to $1563.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.56% or 2.86 to hit $59.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.91% or 2.67 to trade at $65.60 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1117, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8483.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.945.

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