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 declined 0.12%, while the index fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which rose 3.38% or 4.15 points to trade at 127.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:) added 1.91% or 0.27 points to end at 14.41 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 1.53% or 0.73 points to 48.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 7.52% or 8.45 points to trade at 103.90 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) declined 4.45% or 8.85 points to end at 189.85 and Legrand SA (EPA:) was down 1.89% or 1.82 points to 94.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 12.79% to 1.25, Viridien SA (EPA:) which was up 6.58% to settle at 0.52 and Solvay SA (EBR:) which gained 4.59% to close at 33.94.
The worst performers were Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was down 7.52% to 103.90 in late trade, EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) which lost 4.45% to settle at 189.85 and Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 3.45% to 349.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 263 to 233 and 98 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 0.04% or 1.10 to $2,466.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.03% or 1.62 to hit $81.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 1.30 to trade at $85.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.53.
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