Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.57% or 0.350 points to trade at 22.700 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.10% or 0.49 points to end at 45.67 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 1.02% or 0.52 points to 51.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which lost 1.96% or 2.00 points to trade at 100.00 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) declined 1.87% or 0.310 points to end at 16.270 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.53% or 0.94 points to 60.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 5.56% to 119.60, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.69% to settle at 53.100 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.25% to close at 46.35.
The worst performers were Alten (PA:LTEN) which was down 6.80% to 72.82 in late trade, Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which lost 4.73% to settle at 15.505 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 2.13% to 48.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 277 and 117 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.98% to 11.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.72 to $1316.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.10% or 1.05 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.20 to trade at $56.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.