Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.13%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 4.75% or 0.432 points to trade at 9.524 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 3.87% or 0.188 points to end at 5.048 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.81% or 1.34 points to 48.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 1.00% or 0.65 points to trade at 64.57 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 0.94% or 0.47 points to end at 49.30 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) was down 0.83% or 1.20 points to 143.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which rose 6.60% to 3.39, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 6.45% to settle at 3.30 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which gained 4.75% to close at 9.524.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 1.77% to 28.625 in late trade, Havas (PA:HAVA) which lost 1.64% to settle at 7.540 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 1.60% to 117.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 426 to 251 and 82 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.03% to 19.41 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.63% or 7.70 to $1221.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.34 to hit $48.96 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.54 to trade at $49.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1153, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.7591.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.47.