France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.16%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP ), which rose 1.27% or 1.24 points to trade at 98.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (EPA:DANO ) added 1.24% or 0.76 points to end at 62.24 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ) was up 1.20% or 0.25 points to 21.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ), which fell 1.31% or 1.40 points to trade at 105.35 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ) declined 1.18% or 3.05 points to end at 256.40 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) was down 0.86% or 0.37 points to 42.84.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eiffage SA (EPA:FOUG ) which rose 1.36% to 95.36, Euronext (EPA:ENX ) which was up 1.35% to settle at 97.25 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP ) which gained 1.27% to close at 98.92.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) which was down 5.39% to 4.32 in late trade, Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) which lost 3.71% to settle at 8.00 and Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which was down 3.37% to 3.27 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 262 to 207 and 107 ended unchanged.

Shares in Danone SA (EPA:DANO ) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.24% or 0.76 to 62.24. Shares in Euronext (EPA:ENX ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.35% or 1.30 to 97.25.

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 down 0.48% or 12.35 to $2,540.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.07% or 0.81 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.86 to trade at $77.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 100.95.

Source: Investing.com