Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which rose 3.38% or 4.15 points to trade at 127.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 1.91% or 0.27 points to end at 14.41 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) was up 1.53% or 0.73 points to 48.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 7.52% or 8.45 points to trade at 103.90 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) declined 4.45% or 8.85 points to end at 189.85 and Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) was down 1.89% or 1.82 points to 94.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 12.79% to 1.25, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which was up 6.58% to settle at 0.52 and Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) which gained 4.59% to close at 33.94.
The worst performers were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was down 7.52% to 103.90 in late trade, EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) which lost 4.45% to settle at 189.85 and Virbac SA (EPA:VIRB) which was down 3.45% to 349.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 263 to 233 and 98 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 August delivery was down 0.04% or 1.10 to $2,466.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.03% or 1.62 to hit $81.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.30 to trade at $85.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.53.