France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.24% 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 fell 1.24% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 1.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Vivendi SA (EPA:), which rose 1.67% or 0.19 points to trade at 11.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 1.17% or 0.26 points to end at 22.41 and Orange SA (EPA:) was up 0.42% or 0.05 points to 11.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which fell 4.36% or 1.23 points to trade at 26.89 at the close. Airbus Group SE (EPA:) declined 3.72% or 3.96 points to end at 102.58 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) was down 2.42% or 4.80 points to 193.55.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which rose 8.93% to 46.61, Atos SE (EPA:) which was up 6.05% to settle at 25.59 and Solvay SA (EBR:) which gained 5.83% to close at 94.74.

The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (EPA:) which was down 4.50% to 184.70 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) which lost 4.36% to settle at 26.89 and Faurecia (EPA:) which was down 3.99% to 20.20 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 211 and 89 ended unchanged.

Shares in Orange SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.42% or 0.05 to 11.50. Shares in Faurecia (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.99% or 0.84 to 20.20.

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 June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.75 to $1,868.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 4.56% or 4.67 to hit $107.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.26% or 4.47 to trade at $109.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.33% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 103.33.