Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.44%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 4.62% or 0.92 points to trade at 20.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 2.52% or 1.300 points to end at 52.800 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 1.17% or 3.95 points to 342.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 2.09% or 2.55 points to trade at 119.25 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 2.07% or 2.20 points to end at 104.00 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 1.95% or 0.45 points to 22.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which rose 9.26% to 20.30, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was up 4.62% to settle at 20.84 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which gained 3.58% to close at 32.43.
The worst performers were Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which was down 3.04% to 27.150 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 2.39% to settle at 13.70 and Metropole Television SA (PA:MMTP) which was down 2.16% to 15.84 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 285 to 256 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.95% or 0.45 to 22.59.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.04% to 15.75.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.50% or 6.45 to $1277.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.96% or 0.56 to hit $59.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $68.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1164, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.843.