France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.14%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST), which rose 2.25% or 0.78 points to trade at 35.42 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) added 1.40% or 1.75 points to end at 126.55 and AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) was up 0.97% or 0.34 points to 35.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which lost 2.95% or 1.12 points to trade at 36.83 in late trade. L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP) declined 2.35% or 8.85 points to end at 367.70 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) shed 1.23% or 0.94 points to 75.58.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which rose 3.18% to 7.14, Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:GTT) which was up 3.07% to settle at 124.10 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) which gained 2.25% to close at 35.42.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 9.36% to 12.01 in late trade, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which lost 4.59% to settle at 8.20 and SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which was down 4.12% to 19.06 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 204 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.40 to $2,543.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.16% or 1.42 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 1.19 to trade at $70.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.67.

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