Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Banks and Gas Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran (PARIS:SAF), which rose 3.46% or 2.11 points to trade at 63.03 at the close. Gemalto (AMS:GTO) added 2.79% or 1.94 points to end at 71.35 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 2.64% or 0.56 points to 22.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which lost 2.64% or 2.24 points to trade at 82.70 in late trade. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) declined 2.28% or 3.05 points to end at 130.60 and Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) shed 2.11% or 0.270 points to 12.540.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which rose 7.19% to 33.98, Euler Hermes (PARIS:ELER) which was up 3.65% to settle at 96.43 and Safran (PARIS:SAF) which gained 3.46% to close at 63.03.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 12.61% to 57.600 in late trade, Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which lost 6.65% to settle at 21.42 and Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) which was down 6.38% to 15.860 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 494 to 417 and 50 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.79% to 16.48 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.53% or 6.40 to $1203.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.08% or 0.53 to hit $49.81 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 1.82% or 1.06 to trade at $59.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.7328.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.30.