Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At Paris’ close, the gained 0.2% while the index increased by 0.2%.

Eurofins Scientific SE was the best performer of the session, rising 2.20% or 1.96 to trade at 91.17 by the closing. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PA.:) increased 2.19% or 0.62 to close at 28.88. Veolia Environnement VE SA(PA.:) was up 2.11%, 0.68 to 32.93 in late trading.

They were also the session’s worst performers Thales (PA:) dropped 3.09% or 2.56 to close at 80.28. TotalEnergies (PA:), which declined 2.05%, or 1.05 points, to end at 51.25. WFD Unibail Rodamco N (AS:), fell 1.92% or 1.32 to 67.44.

Atos SE, which rose 8.6% to 35.01 on the SBF 120, was the top performer. Solvay SA (BR.:), which rose 3.01% to settle in at 109.35 Albioma SA (PA) gained 2.75% and closed at 35.84

These were the worst performers Elior The Group (PA-) was at 6.84% lower than 4.93 late trade. Orpea SA (PA:), which fell by 3.67%, settled at 38.63; Ovh Groupe SAS(PA:), which dropped 3.18% at 23.57 at close.

On the Paris Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 degrees to 263 while 83 remained unchanged.

Elior Group’s shares fell by 6.84% to 52-week highs. This is a decrease of 0.36 to 4.93. Orpea SA shares (PA:), fell to their 5-year lowest point, falling by 3.67% (1.47 to 38.63).

The was unchanged at 0% and 18.96 for a new 52 week high.

The April delivery of Gold Futures was up by 0.52%, or 9.45 to $1810.95 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.53 or 0.43 to reach $87.67/barrel in March, and April Brent oil, which fell 0.39 or 0.35, to trade at $88.11/barrel.

EUR/USD rose 0.37%, to 1.1310. EUR/GBP declined 0.02% to 0.8331.

At 95.935, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.46%.