Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 4.65% or 3.59 points to trade at 80.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 2.63% or 1.81 points to end at 70.70 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.51% or 1.51 points to 61.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.88% or 0.42 points to trade at 22.13 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.84% or 0.91 points to end at 48.47 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.77% or 2.25 points to 124.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which rose 4.65% to 80.79, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 4.43% to settle at 117.90 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 2.72% to close at 2.943.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was down 13.59% to 51.50 in late trade, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which lost 2.66% to settle at 106.10 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.60% to 218.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 302 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danone SA (PA:DANO) rose to all time highs; rising 2.63% or 1.81 to 70.70. Shares in Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.59% or 8.10 to 51.50.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.98% to 10.81.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.14% or 14.86 to $1288.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.81% or 0.42 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.42 to trade at $57.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.