Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Leisure Goods and Personal Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.78% or 0.22 points to trade at 4.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 1.75% or 0.85 points to end at 49.70 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.25% or 0.140 points to 11.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which fell 7.40% or 9.15 points to trade at 114.50 at the close. L`Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 1.67% or 2.85 points to end at 167.95 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.63% or 1.55 points to 93.43.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 4.78% to 4.82, Aperam (AS:APAM) which was up 4.50% to settle at 33.12 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which gained 3.47% to close at 7.420.
The worst performers were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was down 7.40% to 114.50 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 5.46% to settle at 38.905 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.09% to 26.505 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 380 to 353 and 60 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.61% to 23.53.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.50 to $1067.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.06% or 0.43 to hit $40.24 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.04 to trade at $43.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.0643, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.6991.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 99.76.