Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 1.84% or 0.130 points to trade at 7.197 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) added 0.78% or 0.53 points to end at 68.73 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.71% or 0.34 points to 48.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 1.53% or 0.55 points to trade at 35.40 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 1.21% or 2.70 points to end at 220.20 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) shed 1.20% or 0.056 points to 4.621.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.17% to 6.580, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 1.88% to settle at 40.62 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 1.84% to close at 7.197.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.55% to 5.277 in late trade, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which lost 1.53% to settle at 35.40 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which was down 1.21% to 220.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 334 to 244 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.59% to 16.70.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1139.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.46% or 0.25 to hit $54.15 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $57.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.0381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 103.51.