Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index declined 2.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which rose 3.50% or 1.19 points to trade at 35.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 2.53% or 3.60 points to end at 146.15 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) was up 1.38% or 0.81 points to 59.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which fell 3.56% or 24.50 points to trade at 664.00 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) declined 3.18% or 1.24 points to end at 37.75 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) was down 2.86% or 7.35 points to 249.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which rose 4.24% to 12.28, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) which was up 3.50% to settle at 35.21 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) which gained 2.53% to close at 146.15.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was down 6.74% to 8.41 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which lost 4.81% to settle at 3.80 and Imerys SA (EPA:IMTP) which was down 4.23% to 28.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 190 and 100 ended unchanged.
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 0.92% or 24.40 to $2,683.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.76% or 2.56 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.47% or 2.49 to trade at $74.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 100.98.