Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 2.67% or 2.06 points to trade at 79.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.02% or 10.40 points to end at 525.00 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.32% or 0.96 points to 73.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 4.47% or 1.06 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 3.04% or 0.61 points to end at 19.59 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 2.89% or 1.13 points to 38.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 4.64% to 14.20, Ingenico Group SA (PA:INGC) which was up 2.74% to settle at 146.10 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.67% to close at 79.08.
The worst performers were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 4.47% to 22.77 in late trade, Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which lost 4.13% to settle at 13.22 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.93% to 0.733 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 354 to 204 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.89% or 1.13 to 38.03. Shares in Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.13% or 0.57 to 13.22.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.95% to 25.62.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 3.20 to $1981.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.24% or 0.53 to hit $43.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.57 to trade at $45.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1931, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.248.