Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 1.51% or 0.80 points to trade at 53.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) added 1.16% or 14.50 points to end at 1266.50 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.14% or 8.40 points to 743.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which fell 4.26% or 1.60 points to trade at 35.95 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.30% or 1.73 points to end at 73.44 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.76% or 0.58 points to 32.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 2.56% to 0.634, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 1.77% to settle at 189.80 and SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which gained 1.74% to close at 152.40.
The worst performers were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 4.26% to 35.95 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.72% to settle at 7.150 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 2.68% to 5.63 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 327 to 273 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) rose to all time highs; up 1.16% or 14.50 to 1266.50.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 8.05 to $1813.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.07% or 0.79 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.96 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1812, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 92.540.