Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.66% or 0.38 points to trade at 23.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.26% or 0.53 points to end at 42.26 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was up 1.02% or 0.058 points to 5.718 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 1.48% or 0.20 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.26% or 0.24 points to end at 19.14 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.89% or 1.05 points to 117.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which rose 2.75% to 1345.35, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which was up 2.31% to settle at 63.22 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 2.17% to close at 43.99.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 1.83% to 9.45 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 1.49% to settle at 67.42 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 1.48% to 13.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 368 to 258 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) rose to all time highs; up 2.75% or 36.00 to 1345.35. Shares in Eurazeo (PA:EURA) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.31% or 1.43 to 63.22.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.07% to 13.62.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.11 to $1251.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $51.21 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.24 to trade at $53.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.34.