Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 3.37% or 0.85 points to trade at 26.09 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.28% or 0.240 points to end at 10.750 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 2.23% or 0.48 points to 22.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 1.96% or 2.46 points to trade at 123.00 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.17% or 6.00 points to end at 508.20 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 0.89% or 0.22 points to 24.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 4.75% to 21.60, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which was up 3.92% to settle at 22.29 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.64% to close at 38.40.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.57% to 7.896 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.69% to settle at 32.90 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.17% to 1.625 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 293 to 275 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.78% to 13.65 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.85 to $1349.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.917.