Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 1.13% or 6.20 points to trade at 554.80 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 0.86% or 2.55 points to end at 300.05 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.82% or 1.70 points to 208.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.74% or 0.45 points to trade at 25.45 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.66% or 0.200 points to end at 11.830 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.52% or 0.63 points to 40.74.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 4.42% to 33.580, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.31% to settle at 8.780 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.28% to close at 13.44.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.33% to 1.148 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 3.54% to settle at 103.40 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 3.53% to 1.037 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 239 and 111 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.97% to 15.54 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1202.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.