Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.31 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 0.62% or 1.10 points to end at 178.25 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.60% or 0.13 points to 21.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 3.15% or 1.94 points to trade at 59.63 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.46% or 0.95 points to end at 64.17 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 1.17% or 1.10 points to 93.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 3.45% to 77.150, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 2.98% to settle at 23.500 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 1.93% to close at 45.50.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 4.12% to 11.980 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which lost 3.15% to settle at 59.63 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.80% to 47.970 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 336 to 222 and 118 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.79% to 15.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.36 to $1293.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.60 to trade at $52.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.