Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.32%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 1.68% or 0.16 points to trade at 9.45 at the close. Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) added 0.65% or 0.115 points to end at 17.695 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was up 0.42% or 0.25 points to 59.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor (PARIS:ACCP), which lost 4.25% or 2.10 points to trade at 47.38 in late trade. Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) declined 3.62% or 2.78 points to end at 73.99 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) shed 2.76% or 0.42 points to 14.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 5.31% to 23.09, Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was up 2.27% to settle at 0.900 and Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which gained 1.80% to close at 39.00.
The worst performers were Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which was down 5.65% to 24.72 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which lost 4.38% to settle at 8.600 and Accor (PARIS:ACCP) which was down 4.25% to 47.38 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 579 to 318 and 56 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.01% to 17.94.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.47% or 5.60 to $1197.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.95% or 1.40 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.34 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.0967, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.7367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.12.