Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Electronic Equipment, Aerospace & Defense and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.54%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 2.09% or 3.32 points to trade at 161.96 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.05% or 0.80 points to end at 77.21 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 0.81% or 0.120 points to 14.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 4.62% or 1.00 points to trade at 20.65 in late trade. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 4.34% or 2.82 points to end at 62.22 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 3.36% or 1.11 points to 31.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 9.51% to 21.080, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 5.32% to settle at 63.300 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 3.28% to close at 33.980.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 5.00% to 43.74 in late trade, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which lost 4.62% to settle at 20.65 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) which was down 4.34% to 62.22 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 281 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.58% to 15.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1229.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.56% or 1.84 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 1.38 to trade at $80.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1532, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.09.