Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.83% or 0.724 points to trade at 15.710 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.94% or 0.64 points to end at 22.39 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.85% or 0.275 points to 15.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which fell 2.76% or 3.10 points to trade at 109.35 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.24% or 2.90 points to end at 126.30 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.82% or 1.68 points to 90.38.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which rose 5.92% to 28.26, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 4.83% to settle at 15.710 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 4.56% to close at 7.938.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.87% to 13.37 in late trade, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) which lost 2.76% to settle at 109.35 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 2.64% to 154.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 287 to 276 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.24% or 2.90 to 126.30.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.02% to 13.85.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 2.05 to $1416.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.68% or 1.55 to hit $59.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 1.39 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.623.