Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 2.93% or 0.252 points to trade at 8.841 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 2.86% or 1.28 points to end at 46.24 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 2.83% or 0.140 points to 5.085 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 1.63% or 1.14 points to trade at 68.69 in late trade. Klepierre (PA:LOIM) declined 1.50% or 0.61 points to end at 40.17 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.81% or 0.11 points to 13.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 4.06% to 4.124, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.36% to settle at 400.35 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which gained 3.04% to close at 94.91.
The worst performers were Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 3.00% to 89.84 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.69% to settle at 34.355 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 1.65% to 22.12 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 361 to 290 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.10% to 19.30.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.88% or 11.65 to $1329.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.41% or 1.06 to hit $45.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 0.83 to trade at $46.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.78.