Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.23%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.68% or 0.49 points to trade at 29.74 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.47% or 0.68 points to end at 46.98 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.38% or 0.90 points to 66.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 3.67% or 3.13 points to trade at 82.20 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.91% or 0.57 points to end at 62.07 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) shed 0.82% or 0.56 points to 67.84.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which rose 4.28% to 52.00, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was up 3.43% to settle at 26.35 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 2.62% to close at 5.363.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 16.26% to 23.00 in late trade, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which lost 3.67% to settle at 82.20 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.67% to 66.250 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 291 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.40% to 10.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1202.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.45% or 0.69 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.53 to trade at $51.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.0640, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 101.30.