Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.17%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 2.31% or 3.48 points to trade at 154.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.21% or 0.22 points to end at 18.77 and TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) was up 0.77% or 0.35 points to 46.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 4.11% or 2.62 points to trade at 61.08 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 3.87% or 2.26 points to end at 56.10 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) was down 3.60% or 1.51 points to 40.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which rose 4.47% to 149.60, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.52% to settle at 10.88 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.80% to close at 0.95.
The worst performers were Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which was down 5.34% to 372.00 in late trade, Inter Parfums Inc. (PA:IPAR) which lost 4.73% to settle at 54.40 and Albioma SA (PA:ABIO) which was down 4.63% to 43.66 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 362 to 195 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.21% or 0.22 to 18.77. Shares in Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.47% or 6.40 to 149.60.
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 April delivery was up 0.81% or 15.55 to $1,937.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.12% or 4.50 to hit $113.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.46% or 5.15 to trade at $120.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.63.