Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which rose 2.65% or 0.48 points to trade at 18.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.38% or 0.197 points to end at 8.490 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was up 1.65% or 0.85 points to 52.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 3.71% or 0.204 points to trade at 5.291 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) declined 1.97% or 3.05 points to end at 151.70 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 1.85% or 0.90 points to 47.47.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 8.21% to 136.35, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 5.58% to settle at 23.850 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 4.14% to close at 184.85.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 3.71% to 5.291 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.59% to settle at 3.971 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.72% to 78.23 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 338 to 314 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.21% or 10.35 to 136.35.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.23% to 18.78.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.75 to $1311.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.45% or 1.60 to hit $44.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.43% or 1.67 to trade at $47.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.97.