France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.02% By Investing.com

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 gained 0.02%, while the index fell 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Engie SA (EPA:), which rose 4.93% or 0.60 points to trade at 12.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (EPA:) added 2.44% or 12.20 points to end at 511.70 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 2.21% or 0.63 points to 28.96 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 3.70% or 1.91 points to trade at 49.80 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 1.56% or 0.26 points to end at 16.14 and Thales (EPA:) was down 1.30% or 1.60 points to 121.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Engie SA (EPA:) which rose 4.93% to 12.72, Faurecia (EPA:) which was up 4.32% to settle at 14.14 and Valeo SA (EPA:) which gained 3.98% to close at 18.70.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which was down 17.24% to 36.00 in late trade, CGG SA (EPA:) which lost 4.67% to settle at 0.87 and Vallourec (EPA:) which was down 4.42% to 9.57 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 210 and 103 ended unchanged.

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 December delivery was up 0.77% or 13.25 to $1,726.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 5.05% or 4.39 to hit $82.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 4.49% or 4.17 to trade at $88.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.00, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 109.92.