Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the CAC Industrials, CAC Financials and CAC Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which rose 3.31% or 1.26 points to trade at 39.35 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) added 2.16% or 2.20 points to end at 104.05 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) was up 2.04% or 2.15 points to 107.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 2.13% or 1.94 points to trade at 89.00 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP) declined 1.73% or 0.60 points to end at 34.08 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) down 1.58% or 34.00 points to 2,115.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which rose 4.28% to 8.63, Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was up 4.10% to settle at 6.35 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA) which gained 3.31% to close at 39.35.
The worst performers were JC Decaux SA (EPA:JCDX) which was down 2.43% to 18.89 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which lost 2.26% to settle at 3.37 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was down 2.13% to 89.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 288 to 206 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.80 to $2,633.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.30 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.49 to trade at $76.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.60.