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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.40%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP), which rose 1.15% or 4.40 points to trade at 385.45 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) added 1.14% or 1.70 points to end at 150.35 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 0.65% or 0.10 points to 14.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which lost 2.54% or 4.64 points to trade at 177.96 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) declined 2.23% or 11.25 points to end at 493.65 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) shed 2.12% or 54.00 points to 2,496.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (EPA:SESFd) which rose 3.58% to 5.13, ID Logistics SAS (EPA:IDLA) which was up 2.10% to settle at 414.00 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which gained 1.83% to close at 36.97.
The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was down 5.88% to 10.73 in late trade, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which lost 5.45% to settle at 2.71 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 4.10% to 3.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 269 to 215 and 94 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 June delivery was up 0.93% or 30.44 to $3,315.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $61.82 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.22 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 99.34.