Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.22%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.98% or 0.50 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.96% or 0.43 points to end at 22.36 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.70% or 0.26 points to 15.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.85% or 1.95 points to trade at 38.28 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 3.95% or 4.30 points to end at 104.65 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 2.14% or 0.53 points to 24.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 3.90% to 37.280, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 3.69% to settle at 66.000 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which gained 3.59% to close at 1.040.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 4.85% to 38.28 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 4.16% to settle at 51.64 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which was down 3.95% to 104.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 311 to 230 and 120 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.29% to 13.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.16% or 2.08 to hit $67.92 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.79% or 2.03 to trade at $74.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8976.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.03.