Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 4.42% or 0.940 points to trade at 22.220 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.66% or 0.470 points to end at 28.805 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.42% or 1.18 points to 84.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which lost 1.92% or 2.15 points to trade at 110.00 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.65% or 0.46 points to end at 27.36 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.50% or 0.68 points to 44.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 6.77% to 77.30, Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was up 5.99% to settle at 196.50 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which gained 4.42% to close at 22.220.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 2.96% to 14.10 in late trade, Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which lost 2.40% to settle at 58.90 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which was down 1.92% to 110.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 294 to 276 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.86% to 11.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.22% or 2.80 to $1302.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.38% or 0.25 to hit $66.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.48 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1786, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.58.