Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the fell 0.69%, while the index declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 3.26% or 1.50 points to trade at 47.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 2.05% or 2.02 points to end at 100.70 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) was up 1.08% or 0.38 points to 35.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (EPA:), which fell 2.82% or 3.80 points to trade at 130.98 at the close. Bouygues SA (EPA:) declined 2.71% or 0.85 points to end at 30.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) was down 2.38% or 0.52 points to 21.37.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) which rose 3.26% to 47.50, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was up 2.05% to settle at 100.70 and Nexity (EPA:) which gained 1.92% to close at 8.77.
The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA:) which was down 13.81% to 2.02 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:) which lost 6.68% to settle at 1.12 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 4.70% to 2.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 338 to 170 and 94 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.78% or 18.15 to $2,312.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.31% or 0.25 to hit $80.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $84.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 105.67.
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