Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.81% or 0.170 points to trade at 21.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 0.58% or 0.10 points to end at 18.27 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.54% or 0.37 points to 69.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 2.29% or 1.34 points to trade at 57.14 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.75% or 0.32 points to end at 17.68 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 1.74% or 0.80 points to 45.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 4.05% to 10.40, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was up 2.54% to settle at 36.72 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.19% to close at 121.30.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 5.52% to 94.950 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 5.20% to settle at 48.10 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.45% to 3.138 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 332 to 268 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.54% or 0.91 to 36.72. Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.19% or 2.60 to 121.30.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.76% to 11.25.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1335.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $69.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.33.