Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 3.12% or 2.60 points to trade at 85.96 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 3.12% or 1.95 points to end at 64.35 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 2.60% or 1.95 points to 77.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 0.06% or 0.01 points to trade at 24.22 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 0.27% or 0.20 points to end at 74.64 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) gained 0.27% or 0.040 points to 14.745.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.81% to 69.370, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 4.04% to settle at 20.35 and Bureau Veritas (PA:BVI) which gained 3.44% to close at 19.86.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.66% to 26.000 in late trade, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which lost 0.76% to settle at 61.73 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 0.69% to 48.07 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 413 to 186 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.13% to 13.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.46% or 5.62 to $1220.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.44% or 0.65 to hit $45.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.46 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1411, while EUR/GBP fell 0.81% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.54.