Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leisure Goods, Gas & Water and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.26% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which rose 2.57% or 0.95 points to trade at 37.91 at the close. Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) added 1.92% or 0.265 points to end at 14.060 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 1.38% or 0.30 points to 22.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ), which lost 2.49% or 0.46 points to trade at 17.80 in late trade. Safran (PARIS:SAF) declined 1.89% or 1.23 points to end at 63.77 and Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) shed 1.53% or 0.99 points to 63.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which rose 9.55% to 56.580, Rubis (PARIS:RUBF) which was up 6.23% to settle at 64.45 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which gained 5.19% to close at 69.960.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was down 5.70% to 15.795 in late trade, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which lost 2.73% to settle at 10.70 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) which was down 2.49% to 17.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 430 and 62 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.31% to 21.84.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.96% or 23.40 to $1215.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.77% or 0.47 to hit $61.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.95 to trade at $68.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.38% to 1.1368, while EUR/GBP rose 0.88% to 0.7219.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.15% at 93.61.