France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.41% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.41%, while the index declined 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sanofi SA (EPA:), which rose 6.10% or 5.21 points to trade at 90.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 3.01% or 6.60 points to end at 226.00 and Legrand SA (EPA:) was up 0.43% or 0.34 points to 79.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA:), which fell 4.15% or 22.60 points to trade at 522.60 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:) declined 3.13% or 0.77 points to end at 23.83 and Thales (EPA:) was down 2.27% or 2.80 points to 120.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sanofi SA (EPA:) which rose 6.10% to 90.60, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was up 3.01% to settle at 226.00 and Quadient SA (EPA:) which gained 2.91% to close at 12.36.

The worst performers were Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was down 15.75% to 14.37 in late trade, CGG SA (EPA:) which lost 5.68% to settle at 0.61 and Faurecia (EPA:) which was down 4.30% to 14.35 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 195 and 96 ended unchanged.

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 February delivery was up 0.73% or 13.05 to $1,795.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.48% or 1.84 to hit $72.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.77 to trade at $77.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.47% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 105.03.