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 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 2.10% or 1.250 points to trade at 60.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.28% or 0.31 points to end at 24.51 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 0.94% or 1.10 points to 118.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.58% or 0.73 points to trade at 19.64 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.81% or 0.422 points to end at 14.592 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 2.73% or 1.32 points to 46.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 5.50% to 18.800, Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was up 4.42% to settle at 43.90 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.10% to close at 60.750.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.72% to 15.130 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.58% to settle at 19.64 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 3.18% to 17.350 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 327 to 235 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Worldline SA (PA:WLN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.10% or 1.250 to 60.750. Shares in Worldline SA (PA:WLN) rose to all time highs; up 2.10% or 1.250 to 60.750.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.20% to 14.55.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.36% or 4.85 to $1336.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.48% or 1.32 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.27 to trade at $61.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.907.