Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 2.86% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.683 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 2.43% or 0.92 points to end at 38.78 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.22% or 0.87 points to 40.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 2.09% or 0.415 points to trade at 19.445 in late trade. Airbus Group (PA:AIR) declined 1.79% or 0.97 points to end at 53.21 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 1.23% or 0.05 points to 4.17.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which rose 6.03% to 5.029, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 3.30% to settle at 10.815 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 3.10% to close at 52.500.
The worst performers were Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 4.99% to 15.96 in late trade, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which lost 4.86% to settle at 55.94 and Suez Environnement (PA:SEVI) which was down 3.62% to 14.655 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 311 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.53% to 21.66.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.15 to $1272.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.03% or 0.50 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.38 to trade at $49.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1274, while EUR/GBP fell 1.35% to 0.7717.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 94.74.