France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.48% 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 0.48%, while the index climbed 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:), which rose 4.68% or 1.80 points to trade at 40.41 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) added 4.34% or 1.16 points to end at 28.04 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:) was up 3.62% or 4.15 points to 118.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:), which fell 2.95% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.31 at the close. Engie SA (EPA:) declined 2.46% or 0.28 points to end at 11.16 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was down 1.52% or 1.36 points to 88.08.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were BIC (EPA:) which rose 7.67% to 53.75, Eramet SA (EPA:) which was up 6.03% to settle at 140.60 and Orpea SA (EPA:) which gained 5.03% to close at 33.19.

The worst performers were Ipsen SA (EPA:) which was down 12.36% to 96.40 in late trade, Mcphy Energy (EPA:) which lost 5.68% to settle at 17.18 and Metropole Television SA (EPA:) which was down 3.49% to 17.72 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 333 to 226 and 81 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 June delivery was down 0.84% or 15.95 to $1,888.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.80% or 0.81 to hit $100.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.64 to trade at $103.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 102.89.