Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 1.53% or 1.04 points to trade at 69.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.14% or 0.43 points to end at 38.45 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.91% or 0.76 points to 84.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which fell 1.84% or 0.44 points to trade at 23.48 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.53% or 0.72 points to end at 46.77 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 1.40% or 0.53 points to 37.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 1.90% to 28.220, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 1.58% to settle at 37.500 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which gained 1.57% to close at 13.950.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 17.09% to 52.40 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 3.81% to settle at 87.80 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.76% to 3.841 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 381 to 225 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.14% or 0.43 to 38.45.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.25% to 13.94.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.25 to $1249.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.23 to trade at $50.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0810, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 99.41.