Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.22% or 0.60 points to trade at 19.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.40% or 1.80 points to end at 130.30 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.22% or 2.50 points to 207.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.27% or 0.680 points to trade at 29.280 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.39% or 0.26 points to end at 18.75 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 1.23% or 1.15 points to 92.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 3.22% to 19.06, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 2.31% to settle at 27.500 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 1.99% to close at 13.55.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 2.32% to 75.70 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 2.27% to settle at 29.280 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 1.78% to 26.520 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 297 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.23% to 11.31.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 5.40 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.76 to trade at $69.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2285, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.99.