Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 5.12% or 0.820 points to trade at 16.840 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 4.21% or 5.75 points to end at 142.25 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 3.08% or 4.65 points to 155.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 3.55% or 2.23 points to trade at 60.50 in late trade. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 2.67% or 0.76 points to end at 27.52 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 2.30% or 1.18 points to 50.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group SA (PA:INGC) which rose 6.18% to 72.50, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 5.12% to settle at 16.840 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 4.76% to close at 58.300.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 6.82% to 69.00 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which lost 4.20% to settle at 27.61 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 3.55% to 60.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 273 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.20% to 12.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 4.65 to $1277.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.41 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.692.