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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP), which rose 2.46% or 2.40 points to trade at 99.84 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) added 1.36% or 0.80 points to end at 59.62 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) was up 1.15% or 0.22 points to 19.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR), which lost 2.16% or 0.28 points to trade at 12.66 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) declined 2.06% or 4.70 points to end at 223.25 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) shed 1.57% or 0.14 points to 9.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which rose 7.82% to 32.40, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was up 4.68% to settle at 49.92 and SES (EPA:SESFd) which gained 4.18% to close at 5.23.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 2.37% to 5.04 in late trade, Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) which lost 2.16% to settle at 12.66 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) which was down 2.06% to 223.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 231 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 9.77 to $3,353.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.62% or 1.70 to hit $66.68 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.27% or 1.52 to trade at $68.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 98.57.