French insurer Axa SA's (AXA) U.S.-based asset management unit AllianceBernstein LP owns less than 5% of Renault SA's (RNO.FR) capital and voting rights after selling shares on the market, according to a filing with French stock exchange regulator Autorite des Marches Financiers Friday.

AllianceBernstein now owns 4.89% of the French carmaker's capital and voting rights, the AMF said.

-By Geraldine Amiel, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 40171740; geraldine.amiel@dowjones.com;