Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.36% or 0.189 points to trade at 4.520 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 3.98% or 0.60 points to end at 15.69 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.60% or 0.94 points to 37.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which lost 0.80% or 0.70 points to trade at 86.55 in late trade. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 0.26% or 0.19 points to end at 74.13 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) shed 0.13% or 0.03 points to 19.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which rose 11.59% to 21.29, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 4.93% to settle at 29.93 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 4.36% to close at 4.520.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 1.71% to 106.25 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 1.41% to settle at 25.500 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 1.41% to 23.755 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 422 to 207 and 130 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.73% to 35.00.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1287.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.68% or 0.33 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.64 to trade at $49.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7933.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.84.