Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.75% or 0.80 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.78% or 0.74 points to end at 42.65 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.71% or 0.320 points to 19.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 1.45% or 0.28 points to trade at 18.75 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) declined 0.99% or 0.056 points to end at 5.619 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) shed 0.93% or 0.14 points to 14.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 6.34% to 104.95, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.77% to settle at 8.962 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 3.23% to close at 42.530.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 4.04% to 53.26 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 2.80% to settle at 21.51 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was down 2.68% to 23.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 364 to 253 and 95 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 13.74 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.65 to $1221.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.53% or 1.62 to hit $47.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.22% or 1.57 to trade at $50.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0874, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.44.