Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.11% or 0.46 points to trade at 22.30 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.74% or 0.30 points to end at 17.80 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.40% or 1.74 points to 125.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which lost 2.59% or 4.20 points to trade at 158.25 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.00% or 2.65 points to end at 129.55 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 1.21% or 0.94 points to 76.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 3.43% to 73.660, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.18% to settle at 2.765 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.17% to close at 1.786.
The worst performers were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which was down 2.59% to 158.25 in late trade, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which lost 2.00% to settle at 129.55 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which was down 1.45% to 11.54 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 279 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.96% to 12.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.97% or 13.65 to $1414.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.63% or 2.10 to hit $59.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.69% or 2.37 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 96.683.