Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.87%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 5.41% or 1.43 points to trade at 27.85 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.72% or 2.62 points to end at 99.10 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.47% or 2.41 points to 100.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 1.61% or 0.23 points to trade at 14.07 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.45% or 1.55 points to end at 105.05 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 0.98% or 0.37 points to 37.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which rose 7.44% to 485.00, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 5.52% to settle at 2.142 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 5.41% to close at 27.85.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 16.76% to 1.023 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 8.64% to settle at 11.74 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 5.09% to 53.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 266 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.57% to 15.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1256.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.23% or 2.28 to hit $72.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.56 to trade at $77.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1584, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.