Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which rose 2.24% or 1.33 points to trade at 60.64 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 1.06% or 0.28 points to end at 26.29 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) was up 0.92% or 1.35 points to 147.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which fell 3.07% or 1.08 points to trade at 34.13 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) declined 2.89% or 1.09 points to end at 36.66 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) was down 2.42% or 6.05 points to 243.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which rose 3.75% to 12.74, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was up 3.12% to settle at 33.75 and Sopra Steria Group SA (EPA:SOPR) which gained 3.07% to close at 191.10.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was down 5.52% to 7.95 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which lost 4.09% to settle at 5.25 and Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which was down 3.85% to 5.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 210 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) fell to all time lows; down 4.09% or 0.22 to 5.25.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 16.90 to $2,673.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.24 to trade at $73.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 101.26.