Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 1.28% or 0.34 points to trade at 26.94 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 1.26% or 0.23 points to end at 18.50 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.86% or 0.071 points to 8.284 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 3.47% or 0.205 points to trade at 5.695 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 2.52% or 1.84 points to end at 71.21 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.63% or 1.26 points to 75.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 10.36% to 3.877, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 3.08% to settle at 7.79 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which gained 2.72% to close at 3.813.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 3.47% to 5.695 in late trade, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which lost 2.62% to settle at 22.300 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 2.52% to 71.21 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 296 and 124 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.83% to 18.15.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 5.05 to $1351.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.75% or 0.75 to hit $42.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 0.68 to trade at $44.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1173, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.60.