Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.09% or 1.070 points to trade at 27.220 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.92% or 0.71 points to end at 25.05 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 2.19% or 0.435 points to 20.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which lost 1.77% or 0.81 points to trade at 45.00 in late trade. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.62% or 1.42 points to end at 86.38 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 1.53% or 0.71 points to 45.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 4.09% to 27.220, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.89% to settle at 4.754 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.45% to close at 70.922.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 4.12% to 12.09 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 3.10% to settle at 9.68 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.44% to 9.342 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 346 to 223 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.71% to 13.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.78% or 10.20 to $1322.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.25% or 1.43 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.66 to trade at $69.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2265, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.76.