Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 2.74% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.880 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) added 2.62% or 1.33 points to end at 52.05 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 2.58% or 0.36 points to 14.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 2.18% or 0.78 points to trade at 34.94 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.87% or 0.27 points to end at 13.89 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 1.75% or 0.71 points to 39.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PA:GEPH) which rose 23.19% to 0.8500, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.15% to settle at 3.760 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 2.74% to close at 4.880.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 7.23% to 100.75 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 3.42% to settle at 13.26 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 2.94% to 35.63 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 377 to 283 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.06% to 22.92.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.30% or 16.15 to $1263.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.98 to trade at $52.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7836.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.