Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Household Goods, Banking and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP), which rose 4.35% or 2.42 points to trade at 58.01 at the close. Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) added 2.76% or 0.105 points to end at 3.905 and Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) was up 1.97% or 0.265 points to 13.690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering (PARIS:PRTP), which lost 3.88% or 6.90 points to trade at 171.10 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) declined 1.98% or 3.25 points to end at 160.85 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) shed 1.51% or 0.98 points to 63.99.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were BIC (PARIS:BICP) which rose 8.14% to 152.05, Zodiac Aerospace (PARIS:ZODC) which was up 7.15% to settle at 33.20 and BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) which gained 4.35% to close at 58.01.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 8.30% to 40.670 in late trade, Kering (PARIS:PRTP) which lost 3.88% to settle at 171.10 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 3.83% to 24.22 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 522 to 367 and 57 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.65% to 21.59.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.25% or 15.00 to $1188.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $56.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.76 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0720, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.28.