Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.72% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR), which rose 1.96% or 2.68 points to trade at 139.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) added 1.81% or 0.84 points to end at 47.16 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 1.14% or 0.17 points to 14.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (EPA:AXAF), which fell 4.31% or 1.45 points to trade at 32.21 at the close. Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) declined 3.48% or 0.89 points to end at 24.55 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was down 2.37% or 0.58 points to 23.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 79.99% to 1.01, Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) which was up 3.76% to settle at 32.30 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which gained 3.03% to close at 2.59.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was down 6.06% to 78.30 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which lost 4.38% to settle at 2.93 and AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) which was down 4.31% to 32.21 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 309 to 181 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) fell to all time lows; down 4.38% or 0.13 to 2.93.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.68% or 18.01 to $2,664.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.52% or 0.36 to hit $68.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.40 to trade at $71.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.87% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.97% at 105.93.
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