Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.39% or 1.65 points to trade at 120.45 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.24% or 1.00 points to end at 81.89 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.11% or 0.81 points to 73.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.88% or 0.71 points to trade at 23.98 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.49% or 0.66 points to end at 43.33 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 1.30% or 0.23 points to 17.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 2.94% to 209.90, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 2.92% to settle at 12.875 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.87% to close at 32.300.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.31% to 5.466 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.30% to settle at 12.145 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.88% to 23.98 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 307 to 292 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.95% to 14.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.35% or 4.28 to $1223.48 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.51% or 1.65 to hit $45.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.94% or 1.46 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.