Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 1.22% or 1.35 points to trade at 111.65 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.05% or 0.58 points to end at 55.58 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 0.86% or 0.37 points to 43.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.55% or 0.69 points to trade at 26.37 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.55% or 0.435 points to end at 27.585 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) shed 1.36% or 0.20 points to 14.48.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 3.14% to 8.550, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was up 2.38% to settle at 56.00 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 2.27% to close at 8.998.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 6.01% to 32.24 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 3.67% to settle at 441.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.55% to 26.37 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 258 and 118 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.30% to 12.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1218.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.98% or 2.75 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.75% or 2.80 to trade at $71.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1595, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.07.