Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 8.79% or 31.90 points to trade at 394.70 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 2.93% or 2.91 points to end at 102.20 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.49% or 2.60 points to 107.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.59% or 2.79 points to trade at 57.98 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 2.62% or 2.19 points to end at 81.42 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 2.16% or 0.32 points to 14.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 8.79% to 394.70, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.04% to settle at 13.645 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which gained 3.77% to close at 90.10.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 8.30% to 83.61 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 6.90% to settle at 2.660 and ALD International SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 6.25% to 12.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 382 to 217 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.15% to 13.83 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.79 to $1280.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.54.