Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 3.56% or 0.374 points to trade at 10.866 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 3.09% or 0.96 points to end at 32.04 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.83% or 1.61 points to 58.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 6.62% or 0.935 points to trade at 13.195 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 3.29% or 5.04 points to end at 147.96 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was down 2.94% or 3.90 points to 128.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which rose 3.85% to 70.10, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 3.68% to settle at 19.70 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which gained 3.56% to close at 10.866.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 8.95% to 19.940 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 6.62% to settle at 13.195 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 4.01% to 7.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 283 to 275 and 103 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.92% to 16.04.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.40% or 5.25 to $1316.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.00% or 0.60 to hit $59.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.26 to trade at $67.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1257, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.357.