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 0.51%, while the index lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the were Thales (EPA:), which rose 2.87% or 4.30 points to trade at 154.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:) added 1.82% or 0.23 points to end at 12.87 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:) was up 1.73% or 1.75 points to 102.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (EPA:), which fell 3.77% or 0.54 points to trade at 13.77 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) declined 3.30% or 3.75 points to end at 109.95 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) was down 2.76% or 9.60 points to 337.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:) which rose 10.07% to 38.04, Vallourec (EPA:) which was up 6.90% to settle at 15.58 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:) which gained 6.48% to close at 4.47.
The worst performers were Solvay SA (EBR:) which was down 6.59% to 35.45 in late trade, SEB SA (EPA:) which lost 5.50% to settle at 91.00 and Nexans SA (EPA:) which was down 4.70% to 125.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 279 to 208 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.30% or 3.75 to 109.95. Shares in L’Oreal SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.76% or 9.60 to 337.70.
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 down 2.67% or 73.50 to $2,676.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.31 to trade at $75.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.85% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.69% at 105.07.
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