Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.57% or 7.50 points to trade at 485.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.32% or 0.82 points to end at 62.82 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.10% or 0.22 points to 20.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 4.06% or 1.14 points to trade at 26.94 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 2.18% or 1.02 points to end at 45.87 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 1.71% or 0.90 points to 51.81.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which rose 7.97% to 13.080, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 4.00% to settle at 22.88 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.58% to close at 14.72.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 4.06% to 26.94 in late trade, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which lost 3.72% to settle at 19.95 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 2.24% to 71.66 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 287 to 240 and 122 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.46% to 12.27.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1314.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.84% or 2.01 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.74 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1885, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.83.