Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.82%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 2.14% or 0.32 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.67% or 1.26 points to end at 76.66 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.11% or 0.87 points to 79.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 4.85% or 1.32 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) declined 3.81% or 4.25 points to end at 107.40 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 2.94% or 1.54 points to 50.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.18% to 25.16, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 3.10% to settle at 124.80 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which gained 2.97% to close at 95.30.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 8.68% to 11.79 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 6.99% to settle at 33.82 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 5.99% to 9.328 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 417 to 145 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Faurecia (PA:EPED) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.99% or 2.54 to 33.82.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.72% to 17.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1243.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.37 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1329, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.000.