Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 1.10% or 0.71 points to trade at 65.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 1.06% or 0.050 points to end at 4.745 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 0.65% or 0.047 points to 7.309 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which fell 1.32% or 0.84 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.19% or 0.71 points to end at 59.00 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 1.18% or 0.43 points to 35.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 5.76% to 39.40, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 2.56% to settle at 21.07 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 2.22% to close at 6.400.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.78% to 5.360 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 1.50% to settle at 59.25 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) which was down 1.32% to 63.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 299 to 283 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.76% or 2.15 to 39.40. Shares in Vallourec (PA:VLLP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.22% or 0.139 to 6.400.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.58% to 14.71.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1133.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.56 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.67 to trade at $54.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0434, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8450.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 102.99.