Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.42% or 0.27 points to trade at 19.33 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.15% or 0.82 points to end at 72.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.71% or 0.20 points to 28.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 6.28% or 1.260 points to trade at 18.790 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 3.84% or 0.820 points to end at 20.530 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 2.25% or 2.95 points to 128.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which rose 2.25% to 65.80, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 2.06% to settle at 54.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 1.42% to close at 19.33.
The worst performers were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 16.77% to 11.715 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 6.28% to settle at 18.790 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.93% to 63.550 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 348 to 232 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.54% to 11.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 15.90 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $69.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 89.14.