Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.20% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.26% or 0.99 points to trade at 24.33 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.82% or 0.695 points to end at 25.310 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.16% or 0.44 points to 20.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 1.63% or 1.09 points to trade at 65.95 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 1.40% or 3.00 points to end at 211.85 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.33% or 0.65 points to 47.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 6.15% to 41.150, ALD International SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 5.31% to settle at 12.60 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 4.54% to close at 14.060.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.65% to 13.59 in late trade, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which lost 1.63% to settle at 65.95 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which was down 1.40% to 211.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 263 and 77 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.36% to 11.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.16 to $1276.66 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $54.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.31 to trade at $60.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.60.