Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.02% or 0.62 points to trade at 31.30 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 1.82% or 1.56 points to end at 87.41 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.10% or 0.14 points to 13.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 2.02% or 1.62 points to trade at 78.48 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) declined 1.61% or 0.080 points to end at 4.894 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) shed 1.15% or 1.30 points to 111.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 3.07% to 23.500, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.63% to settle at 6.450 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.41% to close at 16.77.
The worst performers were JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 3.93% to 31.50 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 2.50% to settle at 206.90 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 2.02% to 78.48 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 306 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.83% to 19.39 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.73% or 9.15 to $1249.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.30 to trade at $54.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.