Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.28% or 0.33 points to trade at 26.43 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.11% or 0.20 points to end at 17.74 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.84% or 1.10 points to 131.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which lost 0.77% or 0.77 points to trade at 98.75 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.71% or 0.100 points to end at 13.900 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 0.65% or 0.80 points to 121.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.84% to 5.060, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 3.65% to settle at 51.30 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 2.34% to close at 101.350.
The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 2.15% to 12.95 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.50% to settle at 13.45 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.49% to 59.490 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 320 to 311 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.68% to 11.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.30 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.55 to trade at $65.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1900, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.