Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.77% or 0.270 points to trade at 15.555 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.44% or 1.20 points to end at 84.39 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.16% or 0.44 points to 38.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 2.08% or 0.160 points to trade at 7.520 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.49% or 0.98 points to end at 64.99 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 1.20% or 0.59 points to 48.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 3.59% to 51.74, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 3.29% to settle at 3.925 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 2.58% to close at 17.12.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.64% to 14.570 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.84% to settle at 6.850 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 2.08% to 7.520 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 246 and 105 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.14% to 15.29.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.37% or 16.35 to $1212.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.71% or 0.37 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.98% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 1.76% to 0.8646.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.11% at 100.40.