Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which rose 2.68% or 1.68 points to trade at 64.33 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 2.46% or 1.17 points to end at 48.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.59% or 0.310 points to 19.865 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 1.92% or 4.40 points to trade at 225.35 in late trade. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) declined 1.85% or 2.15 points to end at 114.30 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) shed 1.37% or 3.15 points to 226.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which rose 2.68% to 64.33, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was up 2.46% to settle at 48.47 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which gained 2.25% to close at 6.079.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 4.90% to 56.300 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 2.15% to settle at 30.300 and Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which was down 2.13% to 1272.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 352 to 267 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.18% to 14.82 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.52 to $1249.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.88% or 0.39 to hit $44.63 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.50 to trade at $47.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.