Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the declined 0.77%, while the index climbed 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the were Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:), which rose 1.46% or 1.45 points to trade at 101.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (EPA:) added 1.45% or 0.55 points to end at 38.44 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 1.30% or 0.64 points to 50.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which fell 4.62% or 1.85 points to trade at 38.21 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) declined 3.10% or 1.11 points to end at 34.75 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 1.91% or 1.69 points to 86.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 51.60% to 1.71, Derichebourg (EPA:) which was up 1.98% to settle at 4.54 and ID Logistics SAS (EPA:) which gained 1.92% to close at 371.50.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which was down 13.76% to 152.95 in late trade, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which lost 5.29% to settle at 31.35 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) which was down 4.62% to 38.21 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 328 to 192 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 13.76% or 24.40 to 152.95.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.85 to $2,345.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $80.65 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $85.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.82.
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