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

At Paris’ close, the dropped by 0.03% while the index declined by 0.03%.

These were the best performers of the session Vivendi SA (PA:) rose by 1.79%, or 0.20 points, to trade at 11.40 at close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (PA:), an additional 1.18%, or 4.10 points, brought the final figure to 351.70 Vinci In late trade, SA (PA.) rose 1.13% to 91.60.

Schneider Electric SE(PA:) was the worst performer of the session, falling 2.34% (or 3.74 points) to close at 156.16. ArcelorMittal SA, (AS:), lost 2.16% (or 0.58 points) to close at 26.33. Dassault Systemes SE(PA:) fell 2.14% (or 1.14 points) to close at 52.11.

These were the top performers on SBF 120 Valneva (PA:), which went up 10.05% at 22.340 Vallourec (PA:), which rose 7.58% to settle in 8.300 Eramet SA (PA:), which saw a gain of 4.43%, to close at 75.50.

These were the worst performers Virbac SA (PA:), which fell 4.88% to 399.00 in late trading Alten SA (PA) lost 4.23% and settled at 144.80 Faurecia (PA): This was down by 2.72% at 44.28 at close.

By 318 to 288, falling stocks outnumbered advancing on the Paris Stock Exchange, whereas 105 ended unaffected.

The was stable at 0% and 18.96 respectively, an increase of six months.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.29% to $1789.00 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.08 percent to $78.42/barrel, and January Brent oil, which fell 0.09 percent or 0.07, to trade at $92.24/barrel.

EUR/USD fell 0.45% to 1.11195 while EUR/GBP dropped 0.08% at 0.8397.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.3% at 96.855.