Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 2.20% or 0.82 points to trade at 38.13 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.61% or 0.21 points to end at 13.59 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.55% or 1.19 points to 77.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.28% or 0.655 points to trade at 19.305 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 2.69% or 3.10 points to end at 112.00 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 2.49% or 1.58 points to 61.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 2.61% to 112.25, Eiffage (PA:FOUG) which was up 2.29% to settle at 80.95 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 2.20% to close at 38.13.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.28% to 19.305 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 2.91% to settle at 33.08 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.89% to 5.614 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 311 to 301 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.15% to 14.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.61 to $1267.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.48% or 1.23 to hit $48.43 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.31 to trade at $50.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1229, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8712.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.97.