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 added 0.72%, while the index lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which rose 3.41% or 1.88 points to trade at 57.04 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 1.37% or 0.79 points to end at 58.55 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:) was up 1.31% or 0.33 points to 25.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (EPA:), which fell 0.98% or 0.17 points to trade at 17.39 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:) declined 0.90% or 0.26 points to end at 28.52 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 0.80% or 1.00 points to 124.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (EPA:) which rose 4.05% to 0.71, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) which was up 3.41% to settle at 57.04 and Virbac SA (EPA:) which gained 3.28% to close at 283.00.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which was down 3.21% to 2.47 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA:) which lost 2.73% to settle at 15.66 and Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 2.18% to 7.17 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 261 to 237 and 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance SE (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.80% or 1.00 to 124.30. Shares in Atos SE (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.18% or 0.16 to 7.17.
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 0.52% or 10.15 to $1,949.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.55 to hit $83.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.56 to trade at $86.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.31.
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