Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 1.78% or 1.58 points to trade at 90.24 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.60% or 0.41 points to end at 26.07 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.16% or 0.24 points to 20.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which lost 4.00% or 5.80 points to trade at 139.20 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 3.00% or 1.64 points to end at 53.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.13% or 0.46 points to 21.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 9.64% to 109.35, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 6.90% to settle at 24.31 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 4.75% to close at 1.500.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.39% to 21.320 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which lost 4.00% to settle at 139.20 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.76% to 29.160 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 322 to 237 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.66% to 18.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.50 to $1203.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 0.79 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.57% or 1.03 to trade at $66.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.89.