Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 3.62% or 5.35 points to trade at 153.25 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.84% or 0.61 points to end at 33.71 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.64% or 1.44 points to 89.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 1.69% or 2.00 points to trade at 116.50 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.67% or 0.48 points to end at 28.34 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) shed 1.26% or 0.34 points to 26.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 3.70% to 8.550, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.69% to settle at 12.36 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which gained 3.62% to close at 153.25.
The worst performers were Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which was down 3.49% to 1300.00 in late trade, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which lost 3.16% to settle at 44.40 and Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 3.06% to 15.07 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 325 to 233 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.11% to 14.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1312.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.75% or 0.48 to hit $64.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.00 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8609.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.532.