France Stock Market Update

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, driven by gains in the Industrials, Healthcare, and Consumer Goods sectors.

At the close in Paris:
– CAC 40 rose 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.34%.

Best Performers on CAC 40

• Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP): +3.69% (up 3.80 points, closed at 106.80)
• Safran SA (EPA:SAF): +2.14% (up 4.40 points, closed at 210.30)
• EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX): +2.07% (up 4.70 points, closed at 231.30)

Worst Performers on CAC 40

• Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF): -2.71% (down 2.44 points, closed at 87.64)
• TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF): -1.60% (down 0.87 points, closed at 53.48)
• Orange SA (EPA:ORAN): -1.59% (down 0.15 points, closed at 9.55)

Top Performers on SBF 120

• Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP): +3.69% to 106.80
• Bureau Veritas SA (EPA:BVI): +2.83% to 30.52
• Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC): +2.28% to 29.20

Worst Performers on SBF 120

• Atos SE (EPA:ATOS): unchanged at 22.73 (new all-time lows)
• Valneva (EPA:VLS): -3.67% to 1.87
• Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP): -3.64% to 12.71

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing stocks on the Paris Stock Exchange by 249 to 245, with 92 remaining unchanged.

Shares in TotalEnergies SE hit 52-week lows, losing 1.60%. Shares in Atos SE remained unchanged at all-time lows.

The CAC 40 VIX, measuring implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged at 18.96, a new 52-week high.

Market Commodities:
– Gold Futures for February delivery rose 1.41% to $2,756.71 per troy ounce.
– Crude oil for January delivery rose 2.07% to $70.01 per barrel.
– February Brent oil contract increased 1.61% to $73.35 per barrel.

Forex Market:
– EUR/USD unchanged at 1.05
– EUR/GBP unchanged at 0.82
– US Dollar Index Futures up 0.12% at 106.21.