Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Industrial Engineering and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.15% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 2.49% or 2.25 points to trade at 92.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Michelin (PARIS:MICP) added 2.29% or 2.19 points to end at 97.80 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 2.20% or 0.39 points to 17.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH), which fell 3.18% or 5.10 points to trade at 155.15 at the close. Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) declined 1.70% or 0.47 points to end at 27.13 and Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) was down 1.42% or 0.60 points to 41.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which rose 3.26% to 24.20, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was up 3.25% to settle at 34.28 and Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which gained 2.86% to close at 6.001.
The worst performers were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) which was down 3.18% to 155.15 in late trade, Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which lost 2.55% to settle at 21.40 and Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was down 2.48% to 43.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 552 to 350 and 50 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.69% to 24.54.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.24% or 2.80 to $1176.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.06% or 1.78 to hit $59.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.18% or 2.00 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7334.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.22.