France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.72%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the gained 0.72%, while the index fell 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the were L’Oreal SA (EPA:), which rose 2.50% or 10.15 points to trade at 415.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:) added 2.16% or 1.82 points to end at 86.24 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was up 2.13% or 2.65 points to 126.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:), which fell 1.35% or 0.36 points to trade at 26.23 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA:) declined 1.32% or 1.10 points to end at 82.24 and Engie SA (EPA:) was down 1.08% or 0.17 points to 15.14.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 4.51% to 0.98, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was up 4.27% to settle at 12.41 and Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which gained 2.99% to close at 24.10.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which was down 2.85% to 4.22 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:) which lost 2.84% to settle at 27.03 and Clariane SE (EPA:) which was down 2.28% to 3.59 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 282 to 228 and 102 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 December delivery was down 0.65% or 12.90 to $1,960.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.38% or 1.84 to hit $75.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.27% or 1.85 to trade at $79.76 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.35.