Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 1.43% or 0.65 points to trade at 45.69 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 1.02% or 0.190 points to end at 18.840 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 0.54% or 0.60 points to 112.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.75% or 0.43 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 1.73% or 1.24 points to end at 70.62 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 1.23% or 0.260 points to 20.925.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 3.64% to 36.400, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 3.06% to settle at 47.00 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 2.30% to close at 10.21.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 4.74% to 14.16 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 4.12% to settle at 51.85 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.78% to 4.830 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 328 to 273 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.09% to 10.47.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 7.70 to $1249.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.65% or 0.37 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.79 to trade at $62.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1766, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.86.