Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 1.71% or 1.66 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) added 1.67% or 0.53 points to end at 32.34 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was up 1.56% or 0.41 points to 26.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which fell 2.41% or 0.31 points to trade at 12.40 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) declined 1.75% or 4.30 points to end at 240.85 and Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) was down 1.65% or 1.75 points to 104.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE) which rose 8.18% to 10.58, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was up 7.08% to settle at 1.26 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which gained 4.99% to close at 6.02.
The worst performers were X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) which was down 4.78% to 4.38 in late trade, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which lost 3.78% to settle at 145.00 and Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was down 3.11% to 9.11 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 266 to 224 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.78% or 0.22 to 4.38.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.00% or 27.60 to $2,783.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.30 to trade at $70.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.21.