France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.61% 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 0.61%, while the index lost 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 0.82% or 0.54 points to trade at 66.58 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) added 0.63% or 0.31 points to end at 49.40 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was up 0.09% or 0.20 points to 222.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:), which fell 1.50% or 0.20 points to trade at 13.41 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:) declined 1.43% or 0.33 points to end at 22.82 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was down 1.38% or 0.51 points to 36.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carmila SA (EPA:) which rose 2.45% to 13.36, Korian Medica SA (EPA:) which was up 1.94% to settle at 9.46 and Eramet SA (EPA:) which gained 1.78% to close at 85.65.

The worst performers were Vallourec (EPA:) which was down 4.56% to 12.14 in late trade, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which lost 2.62% to settle at 20.10 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was down 2.61% to 1.25 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 231 and 82 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 down 0.52% or 9.55 to $1,813.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.48% or 1.18 to hit $78.35 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.54% or 1.30 to trade at $83.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.05.