Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.28% or 0.61 points to trade at 27.39 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.92% or 3.60 points to end at 190.85 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.74% or 0.89 points to 51.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 3.64% or 0.81 points to trade at 21.43 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.29% or 0.155 points to end at 11.885 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 0.92% or 1.05 points to 113.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which rose 3.43% to 58.80, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.05% to settle at 14.69 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 2.40% to close at 8.97.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 3.64% to 21.43 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 2.82% to settle at 47.500 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.14% to 9.360 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 307 to 259 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.81% to 16.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1300.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.32% or 1.55 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.70% or 2.04 to trade at $77.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 94.09.