Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 3.06% or 0.565 points to trade at 19.020 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 2.99% or 1.38 points to end at 47.48 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 2.62% or 0.735 points to 28.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 2.22% or 1.22 points to trade at 53.78 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.46% or 0.20 points to end at 43.21 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 0.42% or 0.36 points to 84.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 6.42% to 5.470, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 5.29% to settle at 63.650 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 4.24% to close at 24.560.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 3.34% to 13.16 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 2.42% to settle at 19.17 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 2.22% to 53.78 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 418 to 187 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.80% to 10.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.74% or 1.05 to hit $61.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 1.05 to trade at $67.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2026, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 91.80.