France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.57%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare , Consumer Services and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (EPA:TCFP ), which rose 2.04% or 2.90 points to trade at 144.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR ) added 0.91% or 0.14 points to end at 15.56 and Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY ) was up 0.77% or 0.25 points to 32.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ), which fell 1.94% or 11.80 points to trade at 595.90 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ) declined 1.62% or 2.05 points to end at 124.55 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) was down 1.54% or 0.56 points to 35.86.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which rose 7.11% to 0.73, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP ) which was up 6.55% to settle at 12.61 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA ) which gained 4.04% to close at 8.25.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) which was down 2.89% to 3.90 in late trade, Lectra SA (EPA:LECS ) which lost 2.78% to settle at 28.00 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR ) which was down 2.71% to 41.30 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 251 to 216 and 110 ended unchanged.

Shares in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.94% or 11.80 to 595.90.

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 0.14% or 3.70 to $2,596.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.70% or 0.49 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.54 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.61.

Source: Investing.com