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 fell 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 1.33% or 17.00 points to trade at 1294.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) added 1.05% or 4.00 points to end at 384.90 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 0.97% or 0.94 points to 98.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which fell 2.49% or 1.54 points to trade at 60.22 at the close. Thales (PA:TCFP) declined 2.28% or 1.96 points to end at 84.04 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) was down 1.60% or 1.17 points to 71.81.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which rose 5.73% to 18.81, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was up 4.11% to settle at 52.68 and Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which gained 3.64% to close at 12.10.
The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was down 2.63% to 8.32 in late trade, Danone SA (PA:DANO) which lost 2.49% to settle at 60.22 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which was down 2.28% to 84.04 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 272 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) rose to all time highs; up 1.05% or 4.00 to 384.90. Shares in Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.97% or 0.94 to 98.34.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.86% or 34.15 to $1799.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.75% or 1.21 to hit $68.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.71 to trade at $71.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1848, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 92.457.