Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTEF ), which rose 2.11% or 1.07 points to trade at 51.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (EPA: BOUY ) added 1.93% or 0.71 points to end at 37.45 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA: PERP ) was up 1.69% or 1.54 points to 92.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (EPA: PUBP ), which fell 3.99% or 3.48 points to trade at 83.82 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA: MICP ) declined 1.64% or 0.50 points to end at 30.06 and Renault SA (EPA: RENA ) was down 1.57% or 0.70 points to 43.86.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA: STDM ) which rose 10.67% to 191.35, Verallia (EPA: VRLA ) which was up 4.96% to settle at 28.76 and Virbac SA (EPA: VIRB ) which gained 2.86% to close at 306.00.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which was down 6.78% to 3.85 in late trade, Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which lost 5.83% to settle at 3.00 and Worldline SA (EPA: WLN ) which was down 4.44% to 5.38 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 240 to 232 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bouygues SA (EPA: BOUY ) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.93% or 0.71 to 37.45.
The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 3.12% or 101.11 to $3,341.51 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.86% or 1.14 to hit $62.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.76% or 1.14 to trade at $65.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.91% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 99.19.