France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.37%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities , Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.36%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA: PRTP ), which rose 8.79% or 31.90 points to trade at 394.70 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA: CAPP ) added 2.93% or 2.91 points to end at 102.20 and Air Liquide SA (PA: AIRP ) was up 2.49% or 2.60 points to 107.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which lost 4.59% or 2.79 points to trade at 57.98 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA: SASY ) declined 2.62% or 2.19 points to end at 81.42 and Engie SA (PA: ENGIE ) shed 2.16% or 0.32 points to 14.24.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) which rose 8.79% to 394.70, Air France KLM SA (PA: AIRF ) which was up 4.04% to settle at 13.645 and Dassault Systemes (PA: DAST ) which gained 3.77% to close at 90.10.

The worst performers were BIC (PA: BICP ) which was down 8.30% to 83.61 in late trade, Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which lost 6.90% to settle at 2.660 and ALD International SA (PA: ALDA ) which was down 6.25% to 12.00 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 382 to 217 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.15% to 13.83 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.79 to $1280.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8911.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.54.