Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.74% or 1.95 points to trade at 114.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.00% or 2.15 points to end at 217.50 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.98% or 1.20 points to 123.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.58% or 2.00 points to trade at 124.50 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.35% or 1.00 points to end at 73.20 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 1.26% or 0.60 points to 47.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 2.76% to 38.370, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.06% to settle at 60.420 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which gained 1.74% to close at 114.05.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 5.42% to 2.880 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 2.43% to settle at 29.660 and SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which was down 2.09% to 34.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 340 to 255 and 103 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.36% to 10.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.70 to $1262.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.23.