Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.79% or 0.460 points to trade at 26.180 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.48% or 0.27 points to end at 18.21 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.47% or 3.25 points to 223.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.66% or 0.89 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) declined 3.65% or 0.685 points to end at 18.080 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.53% or 0.215 points to 13.865.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which rose 3.75% to 116.30, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 2.93% to settle at 11.23 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 1.99% to close at 32.53.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 7.05% to 17.00 in late trade, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 3.83% to settle at 12.93 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.66% to 23.32 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 375 to 221 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.75% or 4.20 to 116.30. Shares in Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.05% or 1.29 to 17.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.27% to 12.56.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.16% or 2.00 to $1266.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.41% or 1.39 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.10% or 1.32 to trade at $61.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1794, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.56.