Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.19% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 9.74% or 25.25 points to trade at 284.40 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 1.48% or 1.35 points to end at 92.75 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.47% or 0.43 points to 29.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 1.72% or 1.15 points to trade at 65.80 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 1.04% or 0.26 points to end at 24.74 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 1.02% or 0.14 points to 13.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 9.74% to 284.40, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 4.42% to settle at 42.53 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 3.53% to close at 22.16.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 10.26% to 108.50 in late trade, Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which lost 5.85% to settle at 79.70 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.40% to 15.685 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 372 to 238 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.56% to 16.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 1.93 to $1265.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.