Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.99% or 0.27 points to trade at 13.84 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.96% or 0.375 points to end at 19.510 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 1.82% or 2.15 points to 120.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.33% or 0.59 points to trade at 24.95 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.23% or 0.41 points to end at 17.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 1.90% or 0.360 points to 18.575.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 5.00% to 54.65, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.24% to settle at 9.81 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.09% to close at 30.270.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 4.63% to 55.600 in late trade, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which lost 3.08% to settle at 5.813 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 2.81% to 45.38 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 314 to 305 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.01% to 13.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.76% or 9.62 to $1278.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.66% or 1.70 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.57% or 1.74 to trade at $46.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.