France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.35% 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 rose 1.35%, while the index gained 1.41%.

The best performers of the session on the were Renault SA (EPA:), which rose 4.72% or 1.14 points to trade at 25.39 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) added 3.72% or 1.21 points to end at 33.71 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was up 3.72% or 1.21 points to 33.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 1.02% or 0.55 points to trade at 53.53 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:) declined 0.73% or 0.38 points to end at 51.36 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 0.29% or 0.06 points to 18.71.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (EPA:) which rose 11.29% to 10.55, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which was up 10.03% to settle at 4.03 and Elior Group (EPA:) which gained 8.11% to close at 2.53.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 5.17% to 13.66 in late trade, Valneva (EPA:) which lost 3.54% to settle at 7.73 and CGG SA (EPA:) which was down 2.44% to 1.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 361 to 209 and 67 ended unchanged.

Shares in Atos SE (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.17% or 0.75 to 13.66. Shares in Valneva (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.54% or 0.28 to 7.73.

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 August delivery was up 0.42% or 7.65 to $1,821.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.48% or 1.76 to hit $117.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 1.08 to trade at $120.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.34.