Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 1.81% or 0.290 points to trade at 16.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.16% or 0.200 points to end at 17.445 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.07% or 0.14 points to 12.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.83% or 1.04 points to trade at 35.71 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.41% or 0.55 points to end at 22.26 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was down 2.13% or 6.55 points to 300.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 3.60% to 15.53, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.50% to settle at 100.000 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 2.35% to close at 1.045.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.40% to 18.890 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 4.31% to settle at 53.300 and Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.02% to 467.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 399 to 181 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.40% or 0.870 to 18.890.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.16% to 14.17.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.53% or 18.20 to $1209.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $84.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1562, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.02.