Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 2.68% or 1.90 points to trade at 72.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 2.05% or 1.050 points to end at 52.300 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 1.76% or 1.85 points to 106.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.70% or 0.57 points to trade at 20.57 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 2.01% or 0.225 points to end at 10.980 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 1.97% or 0.42 points to 20.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which rose 3.30% to 18.18, Teleperformance SE (PA:ROCH) which was up 3.20% to settle at 174.40 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 3.11% to close at 109.40.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.94% to 2.312 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.81% to settle at 1.567 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 3.40% to 29.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 227 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance SE (PA:ROCH) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.20% or 5.40 to 174.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.44% to 14.62.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1274.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.10% or 1.96 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.13% or 1.54 to trade at $70.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.903.