Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.27% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.35% or 1.96 points to trade at 85.50 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 0.64% or 0.090 points to end at 14.180 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.61% or 0.25 points to 40.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.93% or 0.92 points to trade at 22.50 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.38% or 0.52 points to end at 21.11 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 2.05% or 1.20 points to 57.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.52% to 11.205, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 2.36% to settle at 32.77 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which gained 2.35% to close at 85.50.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 5.45% to 27.76 in late trade, Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which lost 4.40% to settle at 26.92 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.93% to 22.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 449 to 154 and 78 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.84% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.19 to $1277.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $61.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.