Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 1.13% or 0.80 points to trade at 71.85 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.92% or 1.95 points to end at 214.90 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.05% or 0.02 points to 36.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 3.75% or 1.98 points to trade at 50.76 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 3.75% or 0.77 points to end at 19.78 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 3.48% or 0.47 points to 13.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 3.31% to 17.340, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was up 1.13% to settle at 71.85 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which gained 0.92% to close at 214.90.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 6.20% to 4.088 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 5.00% to settle at 22.4300 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 4.11% to 23.120 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 517 to 145 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.39% to 22.67 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.55% or 19.95 to $1307.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.15% or 1.47 to hit $45.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 1.52 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.1110, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.9026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 97.27.