Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.78%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 2.65% or 0.80 points to trade at 30.96 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 2.07% or 1.23 points to end at 60.70 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.93% or 1.41 points to 74.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which lost 3.06% or 1.60 points to trade at 50.63 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 2.93% or 1.87 points to end at 61.95 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) shed 2.92% or 1.65 points to 54.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 3.08% to 95.09, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was up 2.65% to settle at 30.96 and Havas (PA:HAVA) which gained 2.52% to close at 7.197.
The worst performers were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was down 3.06% to 50.63 in late trade, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) which lost 2.93% to settle at 61.95 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) which was down 2.92% to 54.82 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 367 to 319 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.10% to 19.96.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1226.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $46.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.0703, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 100.28.