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 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 1.41% or 1.24 points to trade at 89.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) added 1.17% or 0.42 points to end at 36.35 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 0.85% or 1.30 points to 154.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (PA:STLA), which fell 2.73% or 0.50 points to trade at 17.83 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 2.17% or 0.58 points to end at 26.40 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 1.98% or 1.49 points to 73.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which rose 2.76% to 495.50, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 2.75% to settle at 97.00 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which gained 2.59% to close at 84.82.
The worst performers were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 3.55% to 41.53 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 3.26% to settle at 5.64 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 3.17% to 24.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 367 to 232 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.41% or 1.24 to 89.29. Shares in Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) rose to all time highs; rising 0.85% or 1.30 to 154.50. Shares in Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) rose to all time highs; rising 2.76% or 13.30 to 495.50.
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 0.31% or 5.55 to $1784.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $66.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.23 to trade at $69.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1714, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 93.120.