Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.82% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 0.81% or 0.44 points to trade at 54.78 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) fell 0.45% or 0.50 points to end at 110.25 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.49% or 0.90 points to 183.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 4.76% or 1.245 points to trade at 24.905 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 4.67% or 0.835 points to end at 17.055 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 4.52% or 1.15 points to 24.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 1.59% to 8.920, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 1.48% to settle at 20.57 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 1.11% to close at 59.96.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 7.65% to 74.85 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 4.76% to settle at 24.905 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 4.67% to 17.055 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 393 to 144 and 127 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.52% to 17.80 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.36% or 16.30 to $1184.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.37% or 2.26 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.43% or 1.76 to trade at $70.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1343, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.61.