Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.31%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 6.71% or 12.50 points to trade at 198.90 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 6.73% or 1.80 points to end at 28.55 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 4.65% or 17.50 points to 393.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 0.90% or 0.160 points to trade at 17.620 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 0.40% or 0.36 points to end at 90.74 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 0.06% or 0.01 points to 17.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 8.56% to 9.000, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which was up 6.71% to settle at 198.90 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which gained 6.73% to close at 28.55.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 14.43% to 17.91 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.83% to settle at 79.500 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 1.20% to 62.64 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 449 to 134 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.26% to 21.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 5.90 to $1216.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.86.