Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (EPA:TCFP), which rose 2.04% or 2.90 points to trade at 144.90 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 0.91% or 0.14 points to end at 15.56 and Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) was up 0.77% or 0.25 points to 32.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which lost 1.94% or 11.80 points to trade at 595.90 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) declined 1.62% or 2.05 points to end at 124.55 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) shed 1.54% or 0.56 points to 35.86.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 7.11% to 0.73, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was up 6.55% to settle at 12.61 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 4.04% to close at 8.25.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 2.89% to 3.90 in late trade, Lectra SA (EPA:LECS) which lost 2.78% to settle at 28.00 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which was down 2.71% to 41.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 216 and 110 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 December delivery was up 0.15% or 3.90 to $2,596.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.70% or 0.49 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.54 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.59.