Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.16% or 0.43 points to trade at 20.32 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.97% or 0.270 points to end at 13.975 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.65% or 1.03 points to 63.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 1.99% or 1.75 points to trade at 86.08 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.86% or 0.47 points to end at 25.07 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 1.73% or 0.340 points to 19.295.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which rose 3.69% to 15.045, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.28% to settle at 55.990 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 2.17% to close at 9.52.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 4.27% to 81.02 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 1.99% to settle at 86.08 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 1.86% to 25.07 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 326 to 295 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.97% to 14.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 4.43 to $1293.07 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.73% or 2.28 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.79% or 1.90 to trade at $48.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.75.