France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.68%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Utilities and Gas&Water sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.68%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.87%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP), which rose 6.85% or 14.10 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 4.08% or 5.40 points to end at 137.85 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) was up 1.87% or 3.58 points to 195.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 0.79% or 0.20 points to trade at 25.17 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) declined 0.49% or 0.34 points to end at 69.02 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was down 0.44% or 0.60 points to 134.75.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) which rose 6.85% to 220.00, Thales (EPA:TCFP) which was up 4.08% to settle at 137.85 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which gained 3.48% to close at 24.39.

The worst performers were Carmila SA (EPA:CARM) which was down 4.57% to 15.04 in late trade, Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which lost 3.00% to settle at 13.27 and ALD SA (EPA:ALDA) which was down 2.94% to 5.28 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 229 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.85% or 14.10 to 220.00. Shares in Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) rose to 5-year highs; up 6.85% or 14.10 to 220.00. Shares in ALD SA (EPA:ALDA) fell to all time lows; losing 2.94% or 0.16 to 5.28.

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 April delivery was down 0.13% or 2.65 to $2,004.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.87% or 0.68 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.72 to trade at $82.05 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.62.