Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electronic Equipment, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH), which rose 1.18% or 1.95 points to trade at 167.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) added 0.95% or 0.81 points to end at 86.07 and BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) was up 0.86% or 0.49 points to 57.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN), which fell 3.16% or 2.37 points to trade at 72.62 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) declined 2.14% or 0.34 points to end at 15.54 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was down 1.15% or 0.55 points to 47.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 4.86% to 0.647, Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which was up 4.34% to settle at 26.09 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) which gained 4.27% to close at 74.76.
The worst performers were Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN) which was down 3.16% to 72.62 in late trade, Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which lost 2.96% to settle at 33.275 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which was down 2.14% to 15.54 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 501 to 418 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.86% or 0.49 to 57.67.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.52% to 17.77.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.59% or 7.10 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 5.80% or 3.13 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 4.51% or 2.67 to trade at $56.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0810, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.7250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.03.