Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 2.11% to hit a new 6-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 2.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.96% or 0.30 points to trade at 15.63 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.84% or 0.25 points to end at 13.85 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.39% or 1.05 points to 76.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 9.62% or 40.60 points to trade at 381.30 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 7.14% or 20.40 points to end at 265.30 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 5.80% or 0.870 points to 14.130.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 3.90% to 103.05, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 3.75% to settle at 62.250 and Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which gained 2.62% to close at 18.02.
The worst performers were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 9.62% to 381.30 in late trade, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which lost 7.14% to settle at 265.30 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 6.67% to 24.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 469 to 130 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.09% to 17.52 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1192.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.09% or 1.57 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.50 to trade at $83.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1542, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.06.