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

The Paris closing bell saw the gain of the index by 1.38% and the rise of the.

These were the best performers of the session Teleperformance SE (EPA) rose 5.81%, or 18.90 points, to trade at 334.20 by the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (EPA:), added 5.76% or 3.03 to finish at 55.66 Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:), was at 58.00, up 3.79%.

ArcelorMittal SA, (AS:) fell by 1.81% to close at 29.86. Thales (EPA:) fell 1.12%, or 1.45 points, to finish at 127.55 Carrefour SA (EPA:), was 1.12% lower or 0.23 point to 20.37.

These were the top performers on SBF 120 Mcphy Energy (EPA) rose 6.12%, to 19.34. Teleperformance SE (EPA) was up 5.81%, to settle at 344.25. Elior Group (EPA) gained 5.77% and closed at 2.75

They were among the most disappointing. Valneva (EPA:), which fell 5.06% to 15.76 during late trade Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA) lost 4.20% and settled at 35.09 Vallourec (EPA): The close was down 2.81% and 11.77 respectively

The Paris Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpassing declining ones by 307. 224 to 224, while 94 ended the same.

Ubisoft Entertainment shares (EPA:), fell to their 5-year lowest point; falling 4.20%, or 1.54 to $35.09.

The was unchanged at 0.00% and 18.96, a new 52 week high.

For June delivery, Gold Futures fell 0.17% to $1,955.60 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.21 or 0.21 to $101.84/barrel, and June Brent oil, which fell 0.64% (or 0.69) to $106.56/barrel.

EUR/USD rose 0.53% from 1.08 to 1.08 while EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.13% from 0.83.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.5% at 100.41