Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 1.13% or 0.80 points to trade at 71.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.92% or 1.95 points to end at 214.90 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.05% or 0.02 points to 36.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 3.75% or 1.98 points to trade at 50.76 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 3.75% or 0.77 points to end at 19.78 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 3.48% or 0.47 points to 13.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 3.31% to 17.340, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was up 1.13% to settle at 71.85 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which gained 0.92% to close at 214.90.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 6.20% to 4.088 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 5.00% to settle at 22.4300 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 4.11% to 23.120 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 517 to 145 and 98 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.39% to 22.67 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.56% or 20.05 to $1308.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.17% or 1.48 to hit $45.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 1.52 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1111, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.9027.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 97.27.