Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 4.28% or 1.61 points to trade at 39.27 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.93% or 1.020 points to end at 26.950 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 3.08% or 0.75 points to 25.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 2.09% or 0.26 points to trade at 12.17 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 1.46% or 0.255 points to end at 17.225 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) shed 1.31% or 7.20 points to 543.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which rose 5.22% to 53.64, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 4.28% to settle at 39.27 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 3.93% to close at 26.950.
The worst performers were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 8.96% to 115.90 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 6.16% to settle at 22.54 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 5.35% to 64.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 269 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.11% to 12.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 5.80 to $1208.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.08% or 0.75 to hit $70.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $79.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1684, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.07.