Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which rose 5.21% or 2.32 points to trade at 46.82 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) added 3.55% or 0.09 points to end at 2.60 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was up 2.52% or 2.02 points to 82.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which lost 3.01% or 3.35 points to trade at 108.00 in late trade. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) declined 1.17% or 0.40 points to end at 33.87 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) shed 1.06% or 0.33 points to 30.71.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which unchanged 31.25% to 0.00, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which was up 11.72% to settle at 149.70 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which gained 6.20% to close at 5.09.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 4.47% to 8.43 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) which lost 3.01% to settle at 108.00 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 2.11% to 12.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 260 to 234 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.38% or 9.99 to $2,652.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.75 to trade at $73.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 106.87.