Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 5.57% or 1.35 points to trade at 25.59 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.44% or 6.20 points to end at 435.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.18% or 0.03 points to 16.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 3.13% or 2.99 points to trade at 92.43 in late trade. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 2.77% or 2.66 points to end at 93.36 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 2.25% or 0.434 points to 18.821.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 5.57% to 25.59, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was up 3.14% to settle at 40.03 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 2.97% to close at 1.319.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 4.32% to 113.00 in late trade, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which lost 3.13% to settle at 92.43 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.10% to 59.400 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 247 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.64% to 15.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.17% or 15.70 to $1361.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.35 to hit $66.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.07 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.