Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.00%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST), which rose 3.41% or 3.50 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) added 1.70% or 8.10 points to end at 484.70 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 1.22% or 1.25 points to 103.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.48% or 0.52 points to trade at 20.47 in late trade. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.94% or 2.10 points to end at 106.15 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.77% or 0.45 points to 24.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which rose 14.29% to 0.660, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 13.19% to settle at 62.650 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 6.28% to close at 1.057.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 5.45% to 36.64 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 3.45% to settle at 89.65 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 3.14% to 24.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 339 to 222 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.80% to 18.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 5.80 to $1225.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.19 to trade at $60.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.975.