Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.39% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 1.32% or 1.28 points to trade at 97.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.03% or 0.51 points to end at 49.40 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.99% or 0.96 points to 98.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH), which fell 2.25% or 3.40 points to trade at 147.40 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.56% or 1.12 points to end at 70.90 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 1.41% or 0.76 points to 53.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 1.76% to 11.000, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 1.32% to settle at 97.90 and SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which gained 1.17% to close at 121.10.
The worst performers were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which was down 8.80% to 353.00 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.14% to settle at 4.835 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) which was down 2.25% to 147.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 378 to 298 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.21% to 20.73.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1326.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.43% or 1.09 to hit $43.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.02 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1263, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.27.