Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.31 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 0.62% or 1.10 points to end at 178.25 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.60% or 0.13 points to 21.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 3.15% or 1.94 points to trade at 59.63 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.46% or 0.95 points to end at 64.17 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 1.17% or 1.10 points to 93.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 3.45% to 77.150, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 2.98% to settle at 23.500 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 1.93% to close at 45.50.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 4.12% to 11.980 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which lost 3.15% to settle at 59.63 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.80% to 47.970 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 222 and 118 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.79% to 15.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.40 to $1293.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.61 to trade at $52.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1803, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.