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 0.43% to hit a new 3-months low, while the index fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the were Edenred SA (EPA:), which rose 1.99% or 0.57 points to trade at 29.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 1.45% or 0.38 points to end at 26.54 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 0.79% or 0.36 points to 45.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:), which fell 2.24% or 0.93 points to trade at 40.63 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:) declined 1.66% or 2.60 points to end at 154.10 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was down 1.48% or 0.18 points to 12.21.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vusiongroup SA (EPA:) which rose 2.30% to 137.80, Edenred SA (EPA:) which was up 1.99% to settle at 29.19 and Spie SA (EPA:) which gained 1.60% to close at 30.46.
The worst performers were Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 24.30% to 3.12 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:) which lost 9.54% to settle at 0.19 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which was down 5.82% to 5.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 170 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capgemini SE (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.66% or 2.60 to 154.10.
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 December delivery was up 0.91% or 23.85 to $2,654.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 106.79.
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