Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.42% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which rose 1.74% or 1.15 points to trade at 67.43 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) added 1.58% or 0.98 points to end at 62.81 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.36% or 0.200 points to 14.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.30% or 0.51 points to trade at 21.62 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) declined 2.10% or 0.360 points to end at 16.790 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 0.54% or 0.27 points to 50.17.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 3.64% to 52.97, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 2.95% to settle at 40.795 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 2.86% to close at 34.15.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 2.34% to 36.04 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 2.30% to settle at 21.62 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 2.29% to 31.16 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 321 to 278 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.05% to 10.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.59 to $1284.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $57.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1792, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.29.