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 declined 0.40% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 5.24% or 1.60 points to trade at 32.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 3.63% or 0.54 points to end at 15.27 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.66% or 0.56 points to 21.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 2.68% or 1.72 points to trade at 62.37 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 2.25% or 0.36 points to end at 15.64 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was down 2.12% or 2.30 points to 106.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which rose 5.24% to 32.11, Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which was up 3.85% to settle at 15.09 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.63% to close at 15.27.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 6.07% to 3.34 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.35% to settle at 3.23 and Coface (PA:COFA) which was down 4.01% to 6.22 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 293 to 271 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.07% or 0.22 to 3.34. Shares in Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.35% or 0.15 to 3.23.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.36% to 26.86.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 7.00 to $1903.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.43% or 0.17 to hit $39.37 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.07 to trade at $41.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1705, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.073.