Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which rose 1.58% or 0.78 points to trade at 50.22 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 1.38% or 1.26 points to end at 92.60 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.04% or 0.210 points to 20.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 4.31% or 1.69 points to trade at 37.42 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.83% or 0.125 points to end at 4.295 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) shed 2.42% or 2.21 points to 88.99.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 3.33% to 6.168, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was up 3.03% to settle at 113.90 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 2.16% to close at 76.25.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 4.31% to 37.42 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 4.29% to settle at 0.6700 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 4.02% to 17.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 429 to 238 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.39% to 21.99.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.57% or 6.95 to $1210.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.16 to trade at $49.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 1.04% to 0.7751.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.52.