Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.31% or 0.57 points to trade at 17.78 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.59% or 0.650 points to end at 25.705 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.25% or 0.52 points to 23.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 7.08% or 1.435 points to trade at 18.845 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.94% or 0.71 points to end at 17.30 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 3.85% or 3.90 points to 97.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 6.40% to 29.265, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.72% to settle at 11.30 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 3.69% to close at 51.19.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 7.08% to 18.845 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 4.54% to settle at 64.180 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 3.94% to 17.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 302 to 296 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.68% to 12.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.21 to $1283.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.91% or 1.11 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 1.14 to trade at $62.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1862, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.09.