Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology Hardware&Equipment and Personal Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which rose 2.97% or 3.60 points to trade at 124.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) added 1.88% or 1.30 points to end at 70.56 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA) was up 1.61% or 0.68 points to 43.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 0.87% or 0.90 points to trade at 102.90 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) declined 0.71% or 0.10 points to end at 14.08 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.43% or 0.26 points to 60.32.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lectra SA (EPA:LECS) which rose 3.38% to 27.50, Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.89 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) which gained 2.97% to close at 124.80.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 4.00% to 3.45 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which lost 3.65% to settle at 8.72 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which was down 2.99% to 8.44 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 276 to 186 and 111 ended unchanged.

Shares in Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) fell to all time lows; down 3.65% or 0.33 to 8.72.

The CAC 40 VIX, 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 0.20% or 5.10 to $2,545.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.04% or 0.76 to hit $72.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.61 to trade at $76.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.07.

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