France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.65%

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 0.65%, while the index added 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the were Worldline SA (EPA:), which rose 2.96% or 0.36 points to trade at 12.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 2.77% or 3.00 points to end at 111.15 and Engie SA (EPA:) was up 2.33% or 0.35 points to 15.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Edenred SA (EPA:), which fell 0.78% or 0.39 points to trade at 49.85 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) declined 0.74% or 0.16 points to end at 20.73 and Thales (EPA:) was down 0.57% or 0.80 points to 138.35.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (EPA:) which rose 3.94% to 29.26, Lectra SA (EPA:) which was up 3.35% to settle at 24.70 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 3.18% to close at 5.52.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 6.58% to 0.89 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:) which lost 4.74% to settle at 6.28 and Nexans SA (EPA:) which was down 3.82% to 64.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 200 and 104 ended unchanged.

Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; down 6.58% or 0.06 to 0.89. Shares in Nexans SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.82% or 2.55 to 64.15.

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 December delivery was down 0.39% or 7.80 to $1,986.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $81.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.27 to trade at $85.29 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 106.84.