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 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 1.14% or 1.42 points to trade at 126.20 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 0.39% or 0.50 points to end at 129.05 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 0.39% or 0.50 points to 128.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.15% or 0.262 points to trade at 11.942 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.90% or 0.81 points to end at 41.88 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.63% or 1.52 points to 91.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which rose 9.22% to 39.11, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 4.40% to settle at 17.320 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.70% to close at 40.28.
The worst performers were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 3.23% to 92.90 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which lost 3.02% to settle at 379.20 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.01% to 10.46 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 199 and 104 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.00% to 17.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 3.35 to $1514.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $59.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1099, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.9119.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 98.047.