France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.01%

© Reuters. France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.01%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.38% or 0.56 points to trade at 17.27 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.93% or 6.35 points to end at 223.00 and Technip (PA:TECF) was up 2.18% or 1.48 points to 69.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 2.98% or 0.35 points to trade at 11.57 in late trade. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.55% or 1.26 points to end at 80.12 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) shed 1.53% or 0.070 points to 4.503.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 3.38% to 17.27, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 2.93% to settle at 223.00 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 2.73% to close at 30.90.

The worst performers were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was down 6.34% to 118.85 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 5.42% to settle at 11.3500 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 2.98% to 11.57 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 305 and 76 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.78% to 15.38.

In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1185.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.21% or 1.63 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.24% or 1.74 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0532, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8665.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 102.18.