Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.11% or 0.46 points to trade at 22.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.74% or 0.30 points to end at 17.80 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.40% or 1.74 points to 125.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which fell 2.59% or 4.20 points to trade at 158.25 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.00% or 2.65 points to end at 129.55 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 1.21% or 0.94 points to 76.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 3.43% to 73.660, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.18% to settle at 2.765 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.17% to close at 1.786.
The worst performers were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which was down 2.59% to 158.25 in late trade, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which lost 2.00% to settle at 129.55 and Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which was down 1.45% to 11.54 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 279 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.40% or 1.74 to 125.84.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.96% to 12.86.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.01% or 14.15 to $1414.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.67% or 2.12 to hit $59.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.69% or 2.37 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8997.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.675.