France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.43%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.43% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ), which rose 1.99% or 0.57 points to trade at 29.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN ) added 1.45% or 0.38 points to end at 26.54 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI ) was up 0.79% or 0.36 points to 45.86 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:RENA ), which fell 2.24% or 0.93 points to trade at 40.63 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP ) declined 1.66% or 2.60 points to end at 154.10 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM ) was down 1.48% or 0.18 points to 12.21.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU ) which rose 2.30% to 137.80, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) which was up 1.99% to settle at 29.19 and Spie SA (EPA:SPIE ) which gained 1.60% to close at 30.46.

The worst performers were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR ) which was down 24.30% to 3.12 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which lost 9.54% to settle at 0.19 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) 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:CAPP ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.66% or 2.60 to 154.10.

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 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.

Source: Investing.com