France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.61%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas&Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which rose 0.82% or 0.54 points to trade at 66.58 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 0.63% or 0.31 points to end at 49.40 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was up 0.09% or 0.20 points to 222.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE), which fell 1.50% or 0.20 points to trade at 13.41 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) declined 1.43% or 0.33 points to end at 22.82 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was down 1.38% or 0.51 points to 36.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carmila SA (EPA:CARM) which rose 2.45% to 13.36, Korian Medica SA (EPA:KORI) which was up 1.94% to settle at 9.46 and Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT) which gained 1.78% to close at 85.65.

The worst performers were Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which was down 4.56% to 12.14 in late trade, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:ANTIN) which lost 2.62% to settle at 20.10 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was down 2.61% to 1.25 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 231 and 82 ended unchanged.

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 February delivery was down 0.52% or 9.55 to $1,813.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.48% or 1.18 to hit $78.35 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.54% or 1.30 to trade at $83.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.05.