Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.79% or 0.460 points to trade at 26.180 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.48% or 0.27 points to end at 18.21 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.47% or 3.25 points to 223.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.66% or 0.89 points to trade at 23.32 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) declined 3.65% or 0.685 points to end at 18.080 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.53% or 0.215 points to 13.865.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which rose 3.75% to 116.30, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 2.93% to settle at 11.23 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 1.99% to close at 32.53.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 7.05% to 17.00 in late trade, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 3.83% to settle at 12.93 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.66% to 23.32 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 375 to 221 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.27% to 12.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1266.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.41% or 1.39 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.08% or 1.31 to trade at $61.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1794, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.56.