Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 1.10% or 0.94 points to trade at 86.56 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 0.95% or 0.232 points to end at 24.772 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.79% or 0.13 points to 16.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 2.53% or 0.530 points to trade at 20.440 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.85% or 4.65 points to end at 247.05 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.76% or 1.90 points to 106.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 2.49% to 2.759, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 2.41% to settle at 84.500 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 2.32% to close at 60.10.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 4.37% to 28.47 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.15% to settle at 11.390 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.03% to 41.015 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 302 to 292 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.91% to 11.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 9.85 to $1291.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.48% or 0.84 to hit $57.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.39 to trade at $62.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1797, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 93.36.