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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.40%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP), which rose 1.15% or 4.40 points to trade at 385.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) added 1.14% or 1.70 points to end at 150.35 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 0.65% or 0.10 points to 14.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which fell 2.54% or 4.64 points to trade at 177.96 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) declined 2.23% or 11.25 points to end at 493.65 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was down 2.12% or 54.00 points to 2,496.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (EPA:SESFd) which rose 3.58% to 5.13, ID Logistics SAS (EPA:IDLA) which was up 2.10% to settle at 414.00 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which gained 1.83% to close at 36.97.
The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was down 5.88% to 10.73 in late trade, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which lost 5.45% to settle at 2.71 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 4.10% to 3.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 269 to 215 and 94 ended unchanged.
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 June delivery was up 0.90% or 29.41 to $3,314.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $61.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.19 to trade at $65.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 99.34.