At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.83%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which rose 1.21% or 0.43 points to trade at 35.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.09% or 0.18 points to end at 17.18 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.81% or 0.52 points to 65.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 4.68% or 36.90 points to trade at 752.00 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 2.18% or 0.74 points to end at 32.93 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was down 2.10% or 14.90 points to 694.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which rose 12.05% to 43.06, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was up 2.71% to settle at 82.68 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which gained 1.51% to close at 115.48.
The worst performers were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 4.68% to 752.00 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 4.18% to settle at 5.68 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.95% to 0.613 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 398 to 204 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danone SA (PA:DANO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.81% or 0.52 to 65.00. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.51% or 1.72 to 115.48.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 9.55 to $1787.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.07% or 0.73 to hit $67.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.66 to trade at $69.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1775, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.615.
