Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.28% or 0.61 points to trade at 27.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.92% or 3.60 points to end at 190.85 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.74% or 0.89 points to 51.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 3.64% or 0.81 points to trade at 21.43 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.29% or 0.155 points to end at 11.885 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 0.92% or 1.05 points to 113.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which rose 3.43% to 58.80, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.05% to settle at 14.69 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 2.40% to close at 8.97.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 3.64% to 21.43 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 2.82% to settle at 47.500 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.14% to 9.360 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 259 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.29% or 0.155 to 11.885. Shares in Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.14% or 0.205 to 9.360.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.81% to 16.32.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1300.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.32% or 1.55 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 2.02 to trade at $77.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.04% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 94.08.