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 fell 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 8.05% or 2.07 points to trade at 27.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 2.16% or 0.19 points to end at 9.19 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.34% or 0.78 points to 58.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI), which fell 5.31% or 5.72 points to trade at 101.98 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 2.55% or 4.26 points to end at 162.76 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was down 2.50% or 1.32 points to 51.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 8.05% to 27.72, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 6.13% to settle at 8.740 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 3.45% to close at 44.71.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 5.31% to 101.98 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which lost 4.44% to settle at 447.70 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 3.24% to 90.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 400 to 215 and 85 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.86% or 15.40 to $1772.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.89% or 1.35 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.90% or 1.41 to trade at $72.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.440.