Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.80%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 1.08% or 6.40 points to trade at 596.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 0.72% or 0.80 points to end at 112.65 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.54% or 0.85 points to 157.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 3.23% or 0.74 points to trade at 22.15 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 3.21% or 0.90 points to end at 27.10 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 2.83% or 0.564 points to 19.350.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 2.92% to 1.798, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 2.83% to settle at 78.400 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.69% to close at 12.97.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 6.46% to 12.60 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 6.37% to settle at 39.25 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which was down 4.08% to 24.47 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 212 and 116 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.69% to 14.29.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.77% or 10.00 to $1316.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.40% or 0.83 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.81 to trade at $68.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.1441, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.8635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 95.232.