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

The index was up 0.72% at the Paris close.

Capgemini SE(PA:), up 4.04%, or 7.10 points at close, were the best-performing session. Dassault Systemes SE(PA:), which added 3.48%, 1.52 points to close at 45.29, and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE [PA:] was up 3.16% (or 20.00 points) to 653.90 by late trade.

AXA SA(PA:) was among the worst-performing sessions, falling 2.21% (0.53 points), to close at 23.50. Renault SA (PA:), fell by 1.83% (0.60 points) to reach 32.17 Thales (PA:) fell 1.55%, or 1.30 points, to 82.34.

Spie SA (PA) was the top performer on SBF 120, rising 8.45% to 21,30. Mcphy Energy (PA): This was an increase of 5.52% and settled at 20.26. Stedim Biotech SA (PA) saw an increase of 5.46% and closed at 459.60.

Solutions 30 SE(PA:), down 3.6% to 7.76 in trade late, CGG SA [PA:] which lost 3.29% at 0.705 and Sodexo SA (“PA:”) which dropped 2.94% at 76.52 by the close.

The Paris Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 332 to 264, while 92 ended the same.

The was at 18.96, which is the implied volatility for CAC 40 options. This new six-months high marks the.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was at 2.07%, or 36.35 percent to $1795.65 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.03 percent to $80.61 per barrel in November. The December Brent oil contract dropped 0.08 percent to $83.34 per barrel.

EUR/USD went up 0.3% to 1.1568 and EUR/GBP was down 0.04%, to 0.8478.

At 94.213, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.32%.