France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.27%

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 added 1.27%, while the index gained 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 3.82% or 0.564 points to trade at 15.334 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:) added 3.16% or 3.92 points to end at 127.98 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:) was up 3.11% or 1.12 points to 37.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:), which fell 4.66% or 0.67 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:) declined 0.71% or 1.15 points to end at 161.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:) was down 0.64% or 0.10 points to 14.68.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:) which rose 9.48% to 12.24, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:) which was up 6.36% to settle at 58.240 and Soitec SA (PA:) which gained 5.83% to close at 96.150.

The worst performers were Orange SA (PA:) which was down 4.66% to 13.70 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:) which lost 1.18% to settle at 4.02 and Ipsen SA (PA:) which was down 0.90% to 99.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 361 to 195 and 108 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.15% to 14.93.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 4.95 to $1479.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.30% or 2.41 to hit $58.51 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.18% or 2.54 to trade at $63.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1078, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8462.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.585.

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