Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.34% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 1.39% or 0.83 points to trade at 60.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.23% or 0.26 points to end at 21.46 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 0.95% or 0.64 points to 68.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 2.49% or 12.30 points to trade at 481.40 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) declined 1.64% or 8.80 points to end at 529.20 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.25% or 0.66 points to 51.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which rose 7.60% to 29.18, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 3.30% to settle at 30.65 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 3.24% to close at 117.90.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 4.23% to 117.70 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 3.15% to settle at 135.35 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 2.79% to 52.350 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 283 to 265 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.25% or 0.66 to 51.98.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.51% to 13.05.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1275.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.87 to trade at $74.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.68.