Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 2.10% or 1.250 points to trade at 60.750 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.28% or 0.31 points to end at 24.51 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 0.94% or 1.10 points to 118.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.58% or 0.73 points to trade at 19.64 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.81% or 0.422 points to end at 14.592 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 2.73% or 1.32 points to 46.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 5.50% to 18.800, Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was up 4.42% to settle at 43.90 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.10% to close at 60.750.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.72% to 15.130 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.58% to settle at 19.64 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 3.18% to 17.350 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 327 to 235 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.20% to 14.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.95 to $1336.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.48% or 1.32 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 1.26 to trade at $61.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.898.