Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.70% or 0.38 points to trade at 14.44 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.58% or 5.55 points to end at 357.55 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.07% or 0.67 points to 63.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.91% or 0.68 points to trade at 22.72 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.41% or 0.215 points to end at 15.050 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) shed 1.19% or 1.25 points to 103.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which rose 2.70% to 14.44, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 2.64% to settle at 10.90 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.80% to close at 81.980.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 7.45% to 22.490 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.48% to settle at 16.78 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.91% to 22.72 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 337 to 268 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.69% to 11.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.52 to $1287.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $51.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $56.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1841, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.93.