France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.15%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA: DANO ), which rose 2.36% or 1.44 points to trade at 62.33 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) added 1.85% or 0.34 points to end at 18.75 and L’Oreal SA (PA: OREP ) was up 1.76% or 3.05 points to 176.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA: ACCP ), which lost 2.40% or 0.93 points to trade at 37.70 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: ISPA ) declined 1.80% or 0.158 points to end at 8.607 and Legrand SA (PA: LEGD ) shed 1.39% or 0.77 points to 54.56.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Metropole TV (PA: MMTP ) which rose 5.40% to 19.82, Worldline SA (PA: WLN ) which was up 4.08% to settle at 26.545 and SCOR SE (PA: SCOR ) which gained 3.24% to close at 33.78.

The worst performers were Alten (PA: LTEN ) which was down 4.49% to 66.44 in late trade, Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which lost 2.78% to settle at 6.366 and Accor SA (PA: ACCP ) which was down 2.40% to 37.70 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 263 and 116 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.85% to 14.81.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.33% or 4.05 to $1234.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 0.82 to hit $53.51 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.57% or 0.89 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0554, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8482.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.