Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which rose 7.18% or 0.37 points to trade at 5.55 at the close. Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) added 6.78% or 4.71 points to end at 74.19 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 2.82% or 0.40 points to 14.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PARIS:ESSI), which lost 2.89% or 3.20 points to trade at 107.35 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) declined 2.29% or 2.00 points to end at 85.30 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) shed 2.16% or 1.05 points to 47.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 8.68% to 10.69, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was up 8.04% to settle at 3.83 and Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which gained 7.21% to close at 34.20.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PARIS:DBV) which was down 5.05% to 61.240 in late trade, Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which lost 4.93% to settle at 16.97 and Thales (PARIS:TCFP) which was down 3.51% to 62.42 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 373 to 343 and 45 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.56% to 25.07 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1145.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.23 to trade at $52.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1247, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.7335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.58.