Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.32%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 1.68% or 0.16 points to trade at 9.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) added 0.65% or 0.115 points to end at 17.695 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was up 0.42% or 0.25 points to 59.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor (PARIS:ACCP), which fell 4.25% or 2.10 points to trade at 47.38 at the close. Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) declined 3.62% or 2.78 points to end at 73.99 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was down 2.76% or 0.42 points to 14.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 5.31% to 23.09, Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was up 2.27% to settle at 0.900 and Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which gained 1.80% to close at 39.00.
The worst performers were Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which was down 5.65% to 24.72 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which lost 4.38% to settle at 8.600 and Accor (PARIS:ACCP) which was down 4.25% to 47.38 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 579 to 318 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) rose to 3-year highs; rising 0.65% or 0.115 to 17.695. Shares in Euronext (PARIS:ENX) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.80% or 0.69 to 39.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.01% to 17.94.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.47% or 5.60 to $1197.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.90% or 1.38 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.34 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.0967, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.7367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.12.