Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 2.31%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 6.73% or 1.80 points to trade at 28.55 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 6.71% or 12.50 points to end at 198.90 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 4.97% or 5.40 points to 114.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 0.90% or 0.160 points to trade at 17.620 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 0.40% or 0.36 points to end at 90.74 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.07% or 0.12 points to 160.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 8.56% to 9.000, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 6.73% to settle at 28.55 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which gained 6.71% to close at 198.90.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 14.43% to 17.91 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.83% to settle at 79.500 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 1.20% to 62.64 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 450 to 133 and 84 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.26% to 21.86.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1216.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.87.