Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.69% or 0.710 points to trade at 19.932 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 3.05% or 14.20 points to end at 480.00 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 2.98% or 1.14 points to 39.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 2.18% or 1.65 points to trade at 73.88 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 2.06% or 1.10 points to end at 52.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 1.49% or 2.30 points to 151.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 10.48% to 52.62, Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which was up 7.90% to settle at 98.06 and Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which gained 5.25% to close at 329.00.
The worst performers were Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which was down 3.66% to 27.650 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 3.16% to settle at 87.40 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.92% to 87.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 231 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.71% to 14.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1314.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.11% or 1.12 to hit $54.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.99% or 1.24 to trade at $63.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.895.