Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 4.54% or 3.13 points to trade at 72.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.20% or 0.86 points to end at 27.77 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.68% or 3.88 points to 148.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which fell 2.01% or 3.75 points to trade at 183.00 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 1.77% or 0.61 points to end at 33.89 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.64% or 0.22 points to 13.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.95% to 8.460, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 7.67% to settle at 0.817 and Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which gained 6.42% to close at 82.00.
The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 8.13% to 15.60 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 5.84% to settle at 45.66 and Alten SA (PA:LTEN) which was down 4.19% to 134.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 288 to 269 and 99 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.80% or 14.90 to $1871.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.43% or 2.24 to hit $94.31 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.32% or 2.16 to trade at $95.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1374, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.810.