Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.82% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.66%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 0.81% or 0.44 points to trade at 54.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) fell 0.45% or 0.50 points to end at 110.25 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.49% or 0.90 points to 183.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 4.76% or 1.245 points to trade at 24.905 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 4.67% or 0.835 points to end at 17.055 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 4.52% or 1.15 points to 24.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 1.59% to 8.920, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 1.48% to settle at 20.57 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 1.11% to close at 59.96.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 7.65% to 74.85 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 4.76% to settle at 24.905 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 4.67% to 17.055 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 393 to 144 and 127 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.52% to 17.80 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.37% or 16.40 to $1184.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.37% or 2.26 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 1.74 to trade at $70.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1344, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.61.