India, June 19 -- Mounting geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed heavily on market sentiment dragging the CAC 40 benchmark lower in the day's trade. The CAC 40 index that tracks the 40 largest French stocks based on the Euronext Paris has shed a little less than a percent in Wednesday's trading.
The CAC-40 is currently trading at 7,593.46, losing 0.82 percent from the previous close of 7,656.12. The day's trading has been between 7,618.76 and 7,584.35.
With renewed war worries, only 3 scrips in the index are trading above the flatline. TotalEnergies rallied 1.5 percent followed by Orange that gained 0.43 percent.
Edenred topped overnight losses with a decline of 3.7 percent whereas Kering declined 3.3 percent.
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