Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.73%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.67% or 0.20 points to trade at 12.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.60% or 0.45 points to end at 28.60 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.42% or 1.28 points to 91.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which fell 5.16% or 35.60 points to trade at 654.90 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) declined 3.76% or 50.00 points to end at 1280.00 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 3.55% or 26.40 points to 718.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which rose 13.01% to 17.11, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 5.95% to settle at 44.00 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 5.22% to close at 8.74.
The worst performers were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which was down 5.16% to 654.90 in late trade, Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which lost 3.76% to settle at 1280.00 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 3.55% to 718.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 245 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.60% or 0.45 to 28.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.75 to $1786.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.56% or 0.37 to hit $65.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $68.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1702, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.218.