Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.49%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.79% or 0.605 points to trade at 22.285 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 2.54% or 0.48 points to end at 19.37 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.85% or 2.30 points to 126.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 0.82% or 0.67 points to trade at 80.75 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.65% or 0.095 points to end at 14.515 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 0.45% or 0.22 points to 48.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 8.04% to 201.50, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 4.40% to settle at 4.200 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 3.39% to close at 44.53.
The worst performers were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 0.82% to 80.75 in late trade, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which lost 0.74% to settle at 26.09 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 0.74% to 2.959 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 363 to 220 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.76% to 14.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.62 to $1315.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.39 to trade at $51.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1923, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 92.62.