Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.79%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which rose 2.06% or 42.00 points to trade at 2,077.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) added 1.61% or 3.45 points to end at 218.05 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) was up 1.58% or 10.00 points to 644.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 0.58% or 0.60 points to trade at 102.50 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) declined 0.36% or 0.90 points to end at 251.15 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 0.25% or 0.05 points to 19.72.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which rose 5.07% to 3.48, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was up 2.71% to settle at 38.49 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 2.57% to close at 10.36.
The worst performers were Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which was down 2.01% to 43.85 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which lost 1.59% to settle at 169.80 and SES (EPA:SESFd) which was down 1.28% to 4.64 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 276 to 189 and 105 ended unchanged.
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 0.98% or 24.55 to $2,483.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.93% or 0.73 to hit $77.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.33 to trade at $80.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.31.