Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.23%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.25% or 0.620 points to trade at 28.135 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.65% or 1.23 points to end at 75.60 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.57% or 2.60 points to 458.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 3.60% or 1.51 points to trade at 40.49 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 3.28% or 0.640 points to end at 18.895 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 2.35% or 2.70 points to 112.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 4.50% to 19.14, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.17% to settle at 8.136 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.10% to close at 58.35.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 9.91% to 73.65 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 3.79% to settle at 33.52 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 3.60% to 40.49 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 351 to 218 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.07% to 12.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1217.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.50% or 1.03 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.53 to trade at $72.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.45.