Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Personal Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN), which rose 4.76% or 10.75 points to trade at 236.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 3.27% or 1.32 points to end at 41.72 and Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) was up 2.44% or 2.36 points to 99.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (EPA:ORAN), which lost 2.67% or 0.26 points to trade at 9.54 in late trade. Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) declined 2.44% or 0.80 points to end at 31.97 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) shed 1.72% or 0.25 points to 14.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) which rose 4.76% to 236.60, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was up 4.68% to settle at 118.50 and Rexel (EPA:RXL) which gained 4.22% to close at 27.44.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 20.60% to 0.77 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which lost 3.95% to settle at 182.20 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) which was down 2.67% to 9.54 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 240 and 100 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 August delivery was up 1.06% or 24.70 to $2,351.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.44 to hit $78.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.47 to trade at $82.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.00% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.23% at 103.90.